#4E3D89#4E3D89

#4E3D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.122 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D89
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 137)
HSL	hsl(253, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 55.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 26.89, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 48.30, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0425 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.122 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3247, 6.7630, 24.4762)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D89 #78893D

analogous

#3D5289 #4E3D89 #743D89

triadic

#4E3D89 #894E3D #3D894E

tetradic

#4E3D89 #893D52 #78893D #3D8974

square

#4E3D89 #893D52 #78893D #3D8974

split-complementary

#4E3D89 #89743D #52893D

monochromatic

#1E1734 #362A5F #4E3D89 #6751B2 #8C7CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#4E3D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E3D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D89

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D89	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.122 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8373ac',
    500: '#4e3d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d89;
$custom-light: #8373ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.421,
    "s": 38.384,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4185,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D89

secondary

#A1AE73

accent

#CE59B4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D89

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

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