#4E3C97#4E3C97

#4E3C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.143 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C97
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 151)
HSL	hsl(252, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 31.81, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 57.18, 303.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.0439 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.143 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3420, 7.0853, 30.0948)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C97 #85973C

analogous

#3C5897 #4E3C97 #7C3C97

triadic

#4E3C97 #974E3C #3C974E

tetradic

#4E3C97 #973C58 #85973C #3C977C

square

#4E3C97 #973C58 #85973C #3C977C

split-complementary

#4E3C97 #977C3C #58973C

monochromatic

#21193F #372B6B #4E3C97 #6955BB #9081CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#4E3C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E3C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C97

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C97	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.143 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572b6',
    500: '#4e3c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c97;
$custom-light: #8572b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.868,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42709,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C97

secondary

#AAB778

accent

#D355BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C97

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

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