#4E3BA6#4E3BA6

#4E3BA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.164 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BA6
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 166)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 64.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 37.06, -55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 66.41, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.044 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.164 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5867, 7.5002, 36.9061)
Luminance	0.0750 (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

#4E3BA6 #93A63B

analogous

#3B5EA6 #4E3BA6 #843BA6

triadic

#4E3BA6 #A64E3B #3BA64E

tetradic

#4E3BA6 #A63B5E #93A63B #3BA684

square

#4E3BA6 #A63B5E #93A63B #3BA684

split-complementary

#4E3BA6 #A6843B #5EA63B

monochromatic

#241B4C #392B79 #4E3BA6 #6D5AC4 #9587D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#4E3BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E3BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BA6

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BA6	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.164 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8872c1',
    500: '#4e3ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ba6;
$custom-light: #8872c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.654,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43743,
    "c": 0.16409,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BA6

secondary

#B3BF7E

accent

#D751BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BA6

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

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