#4E3D99#4E3D99

#4E3D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D99
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 153)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 60%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 60.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 31.81, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 57.68, 303.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0426 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.144 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5587, 7.2566, 30.9751)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D99 #88993D

analogous

#3D5A99 #4E3D99 #7C3D99

triadic

#4E3D99 #994E3D #3D994E

tetradic

#4E3D99 #993D5A #88993D #3D997C

square

#4E3D99 #993D5A #88993D #3D997C

split-complementary

#4E3D99 #997C3D #5A993D

monochromatic

#211A41 #382C6D #4E3D99 #6A57BC #9183CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#4E3D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E3D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D99

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D99	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8673b8',
    500: '#4e3d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d99;
$custom-light: #8673b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.087,
    "s": 42.991,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43038,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D99

secondary

#ACB87A

accent

#D355BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D99

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

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