#4E3E8A#4E3E8A

#4E3E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.122 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3E8A
RGB	rgb(78, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(253, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 26.56, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 48.21, 303.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.0413 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.122 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4507, 6.8996, 24.8736)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3E8A #7A8A3E

analogous

#3E548A #4E3E8A #743E8A

triadic

#4E3E8A #8A4E3E #3E8A4E

tetradic

#4E3E8A #8A3E54 #7A8A3E #3E8A74

square

#4E3E8A #8A3E54 #7A8A3E #3E8A74

split-complementary

#4E3E8A #8A743E #548A3E

monochromatic

#1E1836 #362B60 #4E3E8A #6753B2 #8D7EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E3E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E3E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3E8A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3E8A	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.122 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8473ad',
    500: '#4e3e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3e8a;
$custom-light: #8473ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42106,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3E8A

secondary

#A3AF75

accent

#CE5AB6

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3E8A

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

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