#4E3CA8#4E3CA8

#4E3CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.165 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CA8
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 168)
HSL	hsl(250, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 64.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 37.08, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 66.90, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% 0.0428 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.165 285)
XYZ	xyz(11.8235, 7.6779, 37.8972)
Luminance	0.0768 (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

#4E3CA8 #96A83C

analogous

#3C60A8 #4E3CA8 #843CA8

triadic

#4E3CA8 #A84E3C #3CA84E

tetradic

#4E3CA8 #A83C60 #96A83C #3CA884

square

#4E3CA8 #A83C60 #96A83C #3CA884

split-complementary

#4E3CA8 #A8843C #60A83C

monochromatic

#241C4E #392C7B #4E3CA8 #6E5CC5 #9689D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#4E3CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E3CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CA8

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CA8	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.165 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873c3',
    500: '#4e3ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ca8;
$custom-light: #8873c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44071,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.07679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CA8

secondary

#B5BF80

accent

#D751C1

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CA8

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

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