#4E3C8B#4E3C8B

#4E3C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.126 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C8B
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 139)
HSL	hsl(254, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 56.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 28.13, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 50.16, 304.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.0439 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.126 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4167, 6.7152, 25.2211)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C8B #798B3C

analogous

#3C528B #4E3C8B #763C8B

triadic

#4E3C8B #8B4E3C #3C8B4E

tetradic

#4E3C8B #8B3C52 #798B3C #3C8B76

square

#4E3C8B #8B3C52 #798B3C #3C8B76

split-complementary

#4E3C8B #8B763C #528B3C

monochromatic

#1E1736 #362A60 #4E3C8B #6751B4 #8C7BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E3C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E3C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C8B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C8B	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.126 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8472ad',
    500: '#4e3c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c8b;
$custom-light: #8472ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.671,
    "s": 39.698,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41811,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C8B

secondary

#A2B073

accent

#D058B4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C8B

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

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