#4E3D95#4E3D95

#4E3D95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D95
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 149)
HSL	hsl(252, 42%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 59%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 59.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 30.57, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 55.36, 303.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.0427 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.139 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.2339, 7.1267, 29.2643)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D95 #84953D

analogous

#3D5895 #4E3D95 #7A3D95

triadic

#4E3D95 #954E3D #3D954E

tetradic

#4E3D95 #953D58 #84953D #3D957A

square

#4E3D95 #953D58 #84953D #3D957A

split-complementary

#4E3D95 #957A3D #58953D

monochromatic

#21193E #372B6A #4E3D95 #6956BA #8F81CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E3D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E3D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D95

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D95	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8573b5',
    500: '#4e3d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d95;
$custom-light: #8573b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.591,
    "s": 41.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42732,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.07127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D95

secondary

#AAB578

accent

#D256BA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D95

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

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