#4E3CA7#4E3CA7

#4E3CA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.164 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CA7
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 167)
HSL	hsl(250, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 36.77, -55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 66.33, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.0429 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.164 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7307, 7.6408, 37.4084)
Luminance	0.0764 (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

#4E3CA7 #95A73C

analogous

#3C60A7 #4E3CA7 #833CA7

triadic

#4E3CA7 #A74E3C #3CA74E

tetradic

#4E3CA7 #A73C60 #95A73C #3CA783

square

#4E3CA7 #A73C60 #95A73C #3CA783

split-complementary

#4E3CA7 #A7833C #60A73C

monochromatic

#241C4D #392C7A #4E3CA7 #6D5CC4 #9689D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#4E3CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E3CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CA7

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CA7	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.164 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873c2',
    500: '#4e3ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ca7;
$custom-light: #8873c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.093,
    "s": 47.137,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43988,
    "c": 0.16409,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CA7

secondary

#B4BF80

accent

#D751C0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CA7

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

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