#4E307B#4E307B

#4E307B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.123 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E307B
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 123)
HSL	hsl(264, 44%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 61%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 30.84, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 48.87, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0595 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.123 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.7731, 5.1636, 19.3222)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E307B #5D7B30

analogous

#30377B #4E307B #73307B

triadic

#4E307B #7B4E30 #307B4E

tetradic

#4E307B #7B3037 #5D7B30 #307B73

square

#4E307B #7B3037 #5D7B30 #307B73

split-complementary

#4E307B #7B7330 #377B30

monochromatic

#160E23 #321F4F #4E307B #6A41A7 #8963C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4E307B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E307B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E307B

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E307B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E307B	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07407D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e307b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.123 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aa2',
    500: '#4e307b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e307b;
$custom-light: #836aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e307b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38547,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E307B

secondary

#8BA95D

accent

#D454A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E307B

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

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