#4E3D8A#4E3D8A

#4E3D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.123 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D8A
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 138)
HSL	hsl(253, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 56%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 55.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 27.20, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 48.89, 303.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.0426 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.123 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3968, 6.7919, 24.8557)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D8A #798A3D

analogous

#3D538A #4E3D8A #753D8A

triadic

#4E3D8A #8A4E3D #3D8A4E

tetradic

#4E3D8A #8A3D53 #798A3D #3D8A75

square

#4E3D8A #8A3D53 #798A3D #3D8A75

split-complementary

#4E3D8A #8A753D #538A3D

monochromatic

#1E1735 #362A60 #4E3D8A #6752B2 #8C7CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E3D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E3D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D8A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D8A	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.123 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8473ad',
    500: '#4e3d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d8a;
$custom-light: #8473ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.247,
    "s": 38.693,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41922,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D8A

secondary

#A2AF74

accent

#CF59B5

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D8A

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

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