#4E3D87#4E3D87

#4E3D87 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.119 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D87
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 135)
HSL	hsl(254, 38%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 55%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 54.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 26.29, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 47.11, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0424 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.119 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1826, 6.7062, 23.7276)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D87 #76873D

analogous

#3D5187 #4E3D87 #733D87

triadic

#4E3D87 #874E3D #3D874E

tetradic

#4E3D87 #873D51 #76873D #3D8773

square

#4E3D87 #873D51 #76873D #3D8773

split-complementary

#4E3D87 #87733D #51873D

monochromatic

#1D1733 #362A5D #4E3D87 #6751B0 #8C7BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4E3D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E3D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D87

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D87	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4C5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.119 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8373aa',
    500: '#4e3d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d87;
$custom-light: #8373aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.784,
    "s": 37.755,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41709,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D87

secondary

#A0AD73

accent

#CE5AB3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D87

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

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