#4E3BA2#4E3BA2

#4E3BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.159 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BA2
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 162)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 63.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 35.82, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 64.14, 303.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% 0.0443 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.159 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2255, 7.3557, 35.0037)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3BA2 #8FA23B

analogous

#3B5BA2 #4E3BA2 #813BA2

triadic

#4E3BA2 #A24E3B #3BA24E

tetradic

#4E3BA2 #A23B5B #8FA23B #3BA281

square

#4E3BA2 #A23B5B #8FA23B #3BA281

split-complementary

#4E3BA2 #A2813B #5BA23B

monochromatic

#231A48 #382B75 #4E3BA2 #6C58C2 #9385D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#4E3BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E3BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BA2

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BA2	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.159 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772be',
    500: '#4e3ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ba2;
$custom-light: #8772be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.068,
    "s": 46.606,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43414,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BA2

secondary

#B1BD7C

accent

#D652BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BA2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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