#4E3CA0#4E3CA0

#4E3CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.155 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CA0
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 160)
HSL	hsl(251, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 62.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 34.59, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 62.36, 303.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.0434 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.155 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1010, 7.3889, 34.0922)
Luminance	0.0739 (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

#4E3CA0 #8EA03C

analogous

#3C5CA0 #4E3CA0 #803CA0

triadic

#4E3CA0 #A04E3C #3CA04E

tetradic

#4E3CA0 #A03C5C #8EA03C #3CA080

square

#4E3CA0 #A03C5C #8EA03C #3CA080

split-complementary

#4E3CA0 #A0803C #5CA03C

monochromatic

#231B47 #382B73 #4E3CA0 #6B59C1 #9385D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#4E3CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E3CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CA0

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CA0	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.155 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772bd',
    500: '#4e3ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ca0;
$custom-light: #8772bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43418,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CA0

secondary

#B0BB7C

accent

#D553BE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CA0

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

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