#4E3D9D#4E3D9D

#4E3D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.149 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D9D
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 61.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 33.05, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 59.99, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.0425 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.149 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8946, 7.3910, 32.7443)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D9D #8C9D3D

analogous

#3D5C9D #4E3D9D #7E3D9D

triadic

#4E3D9D #9D4E3D #3D9D4E

tetradic

#4E3D9D #9D3D5C #8C9D3D #3D9D7E

square

#4E3D9D #9D3D5C #8C9D3D #3D9D7E

split-complementary

#4E3D9D #9D7E3D #5C9D3D

monochromatic

#221B45 #382C71 #4E3D9D #6B59BE #9285D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4E3D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E3D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D9D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D9D	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.149 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8673bb',
    500: '#4e3d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d9d;
$custom-light: #8673bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.625,
    "s": 44.037,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4335,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D9D

secondary

#AFBA7C

accent

#D454BD

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D9D

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

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