#4E3CA3#4E3CA3

#4E3CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.159 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CA3
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 163)
HSL	hsl(250, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 63.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 35.53, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 64.07, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.0432 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.159 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3666, 7.4952, 35.4910)
Luminance	0.0750 (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

#4E3CA3 #91A33C

analogous

#3C5DA3 #4E3CA3 #813CA3

triadic

#4E3CA3 #A34E3C #3CA34E

tetradic

#4E3CA3 #A33C5D #91A33C #3CA381

square

#4E3CA3 #A33C5D #91A33C #3CA381

split-complementary

#4E3CA3 #A3813C #5DA33C

monochromatic

#231B4A #392C76 #4E3CA3 #6C5AC2 #9487D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#4E3CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E3CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CA3

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CA3	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.159 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8773bf',
    500: '#4e3ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ca3;
$custom-light: #8773bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.485,
    "s": 46.188,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43661,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CA3

secondary

#B2BD7E

accent

#D652BF

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CA3

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

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