#4E3C9D#4E3C9D

#4E3C9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.151 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C9D
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 33.66, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 60.64, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.0436 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.151 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8418, 7.2852, 32.7267)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C9D #8B9D3C

analogous

#3C5B9D #4E3C9D #7E3C9D

triadic

#4E3C9D #9D4E3C #3C9D4E

tetradic

#4E3C9D #9D3C5B #8B9D3C #3C9D7E

square

#4E3C9D #9D3C5B #8B9D3C #3C9D7E

split-complementary

#4E3C9D #9D7E3C #5B9D3C

monochromatic

#221A44 #382B71 #4E3C9D #6B57BF #9284D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#4E3C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E3C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C9D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C9D	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.151 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672bb',
    500: '#4e3c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c9d;
$custom-light: #8672bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.134,
    "s": 44.7,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43179,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C9D

secondary

#AEBA7B

accent

#D453BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C9D

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

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