#4E3F8A#4E3F8A

#4E3F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.120 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3F8A
RGB	rgb(78, 63, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 37%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 25.93, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 47.53, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.04 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.12 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5056, 7.0094, 24.8919)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3F8A #7B8A3F

analogous

#3F568A #4E3F8A #743F8A

triadic

#4E3F8A #8A4E3F #3F8A4E

tetradic

#4E3F8A #8A3F56 #7B8A3F #3F8A74

square

#4E3F8A #8A3F56 #7B8A3F #3F8A74

split-complementary

#4E3F8A #8A743F #568A3F

monochromatic

#1F1936 #362C60 #4E3F8A #6755B1 #8D7FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#4E3F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E3F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3F8A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3F8A	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 63, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.120 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8374ad',
    500: '#4e3f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3f8a;
$custom-light: #8374ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 37.313,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42293,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3F8A

secondary

#A3AF76

accent

#CD5BB6

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3F8A

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

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