#4E3D9E#4E3D9E

#4E3D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.151 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D9E
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 61.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 33.36, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 60.56, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% 0.0424 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.151 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9804, 7.4253, 33.1958)
Luminance	0.0743 (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

#4E3D9E #8D9E3D

analogous

#3D5D9E #4E3D9E #7E3D9E

triadic

#4E3D9E #9E4E3D #3D9E4E

tetradic

#4E3D9E #9E3D5D #8D9E3D #3D9E7E

square

#4E3D9E #9E3D5D #8D9E3D #3D9E7E

split-complementary

#4E3D9E #9E7E3D #5D9E3D

monochromatic

#221B46 #382C72 #4E3D9E #6B59BF #9285D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4E3D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E3D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D9E

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D9E	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.151 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8673bb',
    500: '#4e3d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d9e;
$custom-light: #8673bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.515,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43428,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D9E

secondary

#AFBA7D

accent

#D454BE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D9E

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

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