#4E3E89#4E3E89

#4E3E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.120 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3E89
RGB	rgb(78, 62, 137)
HSL	hsl(253, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 54.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 26.26, -39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 47.62, 303.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.0412 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.12 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3786, 6.8708, 24.4941)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3E89 #79893E

analogous

#3E5489 #4E3E89 #743E89

triadic

#4E3E89 #894E3E #3E894E

tetradic

#4E3E89 #893E54 #79893E #3E8974

square

#4E3E89 #893E54 #79893E #3E8974

split-complementary

#4E3E89 #89743E #54893E

monochromatic

#1E1835 #362B5F #4E3E89 #6753B1 #8C7DC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#4E3E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E3E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3E89

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3E89	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 62, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.120 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8373ac',
    500: '#4e3e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3e89;
$custom-light: #8373ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.8,
    "s": 37.688,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42036,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3E89

secondary

#A2AE74

accent

#CE5AB5

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3E89

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

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