#4E3C99#4E3C99

#4E3C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C99
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 153)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 60.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 32.42, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 58.34, 303.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.0438 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.145 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5058, 7.1509, 30.9575)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C99 #87993C

analogous

#3C5999 #4E3C99 #7D3C99

triadic

#4E3C99 #994E3C #3C994E

tetradic

#4E3C99 #993C59 #87993C #3C997D

square

#4E3C99 #993C59 #87993C #3C997D

split-complementary

#4E3C99 #997D3C #59993C

monochromatic

#211A41 #382B6D #4E3C99 #6A56BD #9082CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4E3C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E3C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C99

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C99	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672b8',
    500: '#4e3c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c99;
$custom-light: #8672b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42864,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C99

secondary

#ACB879

accent

#D354BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C99

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

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