#4E308A#4E308A

#4E308A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.143 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E308A
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 138)
HSL	hsl(260, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 65.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 35.14, -45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 57.51, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0587 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.143 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7851, 5.5684, 24.6518)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E308A #6C8A30

analogous

#303F8A #4E308A #7B308A

triadic

#4E308A #8A4E30 #308A4E

tetradic

#4E308A #8A303F #6C8A30 #308A7B

square

#4E308A #8A303F #6C8A30 #308A7B

split-complementary

#4E308A #8A7B30 #3F8A30

monochromatic

#1B102F #34205D #4E308A #6840B7 #8A69CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E308A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E308A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E308A

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E308A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E308A	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e308a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.143 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856aad',
    500: '#4e308a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e308a;
$custom-light: #856aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e308a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39698,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E308A

secondary

#98B264

accent

#D850AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E308A

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

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