#4E3D85#4E3D85

#4E3D85 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.116 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D85
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 133)
HSL	hsl(254, 37%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 54%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 54.1%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 25.68, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 45.92, 304.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.0423 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.116 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0431, 6.6504, 22.9929)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D85 #74853D

analogous

#3D5085 #4E3D85 #723D85

triadic

#4E3D85 #854E3D #3D854E

tetradic

#4E3D85 #853D50 #74853D #3D8572

square

#4E3D85 #853D50 #74853D #3D8572

split-complementary

#4E3D85 #85723D #50853D

monochromatic

#1D1731 #352A5B #4E3D85 #6750AF #8B7AC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E3D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E3D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D85

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D85	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.116 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8373a9',
    500: '#4e3d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d85;
$custom-light: #8373a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.167,
    "s": 37.113,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41569,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D85

secondary

#9EAC72

accent

#CD5BB2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D85

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