#4E3D97#4E3D97

#4E3D97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.141 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D97
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 151)
HSL	hsl(251, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 31.19, -47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 56.52, 303.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.0427 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.141 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3949, 7.1911, 30.1125)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D97 #86973D

analogous

#3D5997 #4E3D97 #7B3D97

triadic

#4E3D97 #974E3D #3D974E

tetradic

#4E3D97 #973D59 #86973D #3D977B

square

#4E3D97 #973D59 #86973D #3D977B

split-complementary

#4E3D97 #977B3D #59973D

monochromatic

#211A40 #372B6B #4E3D97 #6956BB #9082CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4E3D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E3D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D97

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D97	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.141 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8573b6',
    500: '#4e3d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d97;
$custom-light: #8573b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.333,
    "s": 42.453,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42884,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D97

secondary

#ABB779

accent

#D256BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D97

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

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