#4E3C95#4E3C95

#4E3C95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C95
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 149)
HSL	hsl(252, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 60%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 59.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 31.19, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 56.02, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.0439 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.14 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1810, 7.0209, 29.2467)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C95 #83953C

analogous

#3C5695 #4E3C95 #7A3C95

triadic

#4E3C95 #954E3C #3C954E

tetradic

#4E3C95 #953C56 #83953C #3C957A

square

#4E3C95 #953C56 #83953C #3C957A

split-complementary

#4E3C95 #957A3C #56953C

monochromatic

#20193E #372A69 #4E3C95 #6954BA #8F80CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4E3C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E3C95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C95

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C95	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572b5',
    500: '#4e3c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c95;
$custom-light: #8572b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.135,
    "s": 42.584,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42556,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C95

secondary

#A9B677

accent

#D255B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C95

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

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