#4E3CA2#4E3CA2

#4E3CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.157 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CA2
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 162)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 63%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 35.22, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 63.50, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.0433 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.157 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2774, 7.4595, 35.0210)
Luminance	0.0746 (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

#4E3CA2 #90A23C

analogous

#3C5DA2 #4E3CA2 #813CA2

triadic

#4E3CA2 #A24E3C #3CA24E

tetradic

#4E3CA2 #A23C5D #90A23C #3CA281

square

#4E3CA2 #A23C5D #90A23C #3CA281

split-complementary

#4E3CA2 #A2813C #5DA23C

monochromatic

#231B49 #382B75 #4E3CA2 #6C59C2 #9486D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#4E3CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E3CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CA2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CA2	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.157 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8773be',
    500: '#4e3ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ca2;
$custom-light: #8773be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43579,
    "c": 0.15749,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CA2

secondary

#B1BC7D

accent

#D652BE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CA2

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

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