#4E3CA5#4E3CA5

#4E3CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.161 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CA5
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(250, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 36.15, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 65.20, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.043 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.161 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5472, 7.5674, 36.4422)
Luminance	0.0757 (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

#4E3CA5 #93A53C

analogous

#3C5FA5 #4E3CA5 #833CA5

triadic

#4E3CA5 #A54E3C #3CA54E

tetradic

#4E3CA5 #A53C5F #93A53C #3CA583

square

#4E3CA5 #A53C5F #93A53C #3CA583

split-complementary

#4E3CA5 #A5833C #5FA53C

monochromatic

#241B4B #392C78 #4E3CA5 #6D5BC3 #9588D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#4E3CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E3CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CA5

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CA5	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.161 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8773c0',
    500: '#4e3ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ca5;
$custom-light: #8773c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43824,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CA5

secondary

#B3BE7F

accent

#D651C0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CA5

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

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