#4E3BA8#4E3BA8

#4E3BA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.167 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BA8
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 168)
HSL	hsl(250, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 37.68, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 67.53, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.0438 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.167 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7716, 7.5742, 37.8799)
Luminance	0.0757 (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

#4E3BA8 #95A83B

analogous

#3B5EA8 #4E3BA8 #853BA8

triadic

#4E3BA8 #A84E3B #3BA84E

tetradic

#4E3BA8 #A83B5E #95A83B #3BA885

square

#4E3BA8 #A83B5E #95A83B #3BA885

split-complementary

#4E3BA8 #A8853B #5EA83B

monochromatic

#241B4D #392B7B #4E3BA8 #6D5BC5 #9688D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#4E3BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E3BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BA8

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BA8	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.167 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8872c3',
    500: '#4e3ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ba8;
$custom-light: #8872c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.459,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43909,
    "c": 0.1667,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BA8

secondary

#B4C07F

accent

#D850C0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BA8

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

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