#4E306B#4E306B

#4E306B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.102 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E306B
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 107)
HSL	hsl(271, 38%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 55%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 55.1%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 26.45, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 39.55, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.059 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.102 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8521, 4.7952, 14.4717)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E306B #4D6B30

analogous

#30306B #4E306B #6B306B

triadic

#4E306B #6B4E30 #306B4E

tetradic

#4E306B #6B3030 #4D6B30 #306B6B

square

#4E306B #6B3030 #4D6B30 #306B6B

split-complementary

#4E306B #6B6B30 #306B30

monochromatic

#100A17 #2F1D41 #4E306B #6D4395 #8B5EB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4E306B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E306B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E306B

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E306B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E306B	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e306b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.102 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816996',
    500: '#4e306b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e306b;
$custom-light: #816996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e306b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 38.065,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37433,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E306B

secondary

#7B9C5B

accent

#CE5A93

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E306B

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

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