#4E3CA6#4E3CA6

#4E3CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.163 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CA6
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 166)
HSL	hsl(250, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 63.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 36.46, -54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 65.77, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.043 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.163 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6386, 7.6040, 36.9234)
Luminance	0.0761 (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

#4E3CA6 #94A63C

analogous

#3C5FA6 #4E3CA6 #833CA6

triadic

#4E3CA6 #A64E3C #3CA64E

tetradic

#4E3CA6 #A63C5F #94A63C #3CA683

square

#4E3CA6 #A63C5F #94A63C #3CA683

split-complementary

#4E3CA6 #A6833C #5FA63C

monochromatic

#241C4C #392C79 #4E3CA6 #6D5BC4 #9588D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#4E3CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E3CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CA6

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CA6	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.163 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873c1',
    500: '#4e3ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ca6;
$custom-light: #8873c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.189,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43906,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CA6

secondary

#B4BE7F

accent

#D751C0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CA6

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

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