#4E3CA4#4E3CA4

#4E3CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.160 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CA4
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 164)
HSL	hsl(250, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 63.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 35.84, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 64.64, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.0431 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.16 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4566, 7.5312, 35.9647)
Luminance	0.0753 (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

#4E3CA4 #92A43C

analogous

#3C5EA4 #4E3CA4 #823CA4

triadic

#4E3CA4 #A44E3C #3CA44E

tetradic

#4E3CA4 #A43C5E #92A43C #3CA482

square

#4E3CA4 #A43C5E #92A43C #3CA482

split-complementary

#4E3CA4 #A4823C #5EA43C

monochromatic

#231B4A #392C77 #4E3CA4 #6C5AC3 #9487D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4E3CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E3CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CA4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CA4	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.160 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8773c0',
    500: '#4e3ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ca4;
$custom-light: #8773c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43742,
    "c": 0.16014,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CA4

secondary

#B3BD7E

accent

#D652BF

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CA4

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

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