#4E3C8E#4E3C8E

#4E3C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.130 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C8E
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 57.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 29.04, -43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 51.93, 304.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.044 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.13 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6389, 6.8041, 26.3914)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C8E #7C8E3C

analogous

#3C538E #4E3C8E #773C8E

triadic

#4E3C8E #8E4E3C #3C8E4E

tetradic

#4E3C8E #8E3C53 #7C8E3C #3C8E77

square

#4E3C8E #8E3C53 #7C8E3C #3C8E77

split-complementary

#4E3C8E #8E773C #538E3C

monochromatic

#1F1838 #362A63 #4E3C8E #6752B6 #8D7DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E3C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E3C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C8E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C8E	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.130 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8472b0',
    500: '#4e3c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c8e;
$custom-light: #8472b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4203,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C8E

secondary

#A4B274

accent

#D057B6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF5

border

#CAC7CF

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C8E

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

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