#4E3BA3#4E3BA3

#4E3BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.160 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BA3
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 163)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 63.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 36.13, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 64.71, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.0442 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.16 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.3147, 7.3914, 35.4737)
Luminance	0.0739 (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

#4E3BA3 #90A33B

analogous

#3B5CA3 #4E3BA3 #823BA3

triadic

#4E3BA3 #A34E3B #3BA34E

tetradic

#4E3BA3 #A33B5C #90A33B #3BA382

square

#4E3BA3 #A33B5C #90A33B #3BA382

split-complementary

#4E3BA3 #A3823B #5CA33B

monochromatic

#231A49 #382B76 #4E3BA3 #6C58C3 #9485D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4E3BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E3BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BA3

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BA3	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.160 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772bf',
    500: '#4e3ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ba3;
$custom-light: #8772bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.962,
    "s": 46.847,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43495,
    "c": 0.16015,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.07392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BA3

secondary

#B1BD7D

accent

#D651BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BA3

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

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