#4E3BAD#4E3BAD

#4E3BAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.173 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BAD
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 173)
HSL	hsl(250, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 39.23, -58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 70.33, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.0432 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.173 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2464, 7.7641, 40.3804)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.21

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3BAD #9AAD3B

analogous

#3B61AD #4E3BAD #873BAD

triadic

#4E3BAD #AD4E3B #3BAD4E

tetradic

#4E3BAD #AD3B61 #9AAD3B #3BAD87

square

#4E3BAD #AD3B61 #9AAD3B #3BAD87

split-complementary

#4E3BAD #AD873B #61AD3B

monochromatic

#251C52 #392B7F #4E3BAD #6F5DC8 #988BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4E3BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E3BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BAD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BAD	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.173 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972c6',
    500: '#4e3bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3bad;
$custom-light: #8972c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44331,
    "c": 0.17317,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BAD

secondary

#B7C282

accent

#D94FC2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BAD

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

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