#4E308B#4E308B

#4E308B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.144 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E308B
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 139)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 65.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 35.43, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 58.08, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0586 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.144 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.8578, 5.5975, 25.0348)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E308B #6D8B30

analogous

#30408B #4E308B #7C308B

triadic

#4E308B #8B4E30 #308B4E

tetradic

#4E308B #8B3040 #6D8B30 #308B7C

square

#4E308B #8B3040 #6D8B30 #308B7C

split-complementary

#4E308B #8B7C30 #408B30

monochromatic

#1B1130 #34205E #4E308B #6840B8 #8A6ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4E308B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E308B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E308B

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E308B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E308B	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e308b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.144 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856aae',
    500: '#4e308b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e308b;
$custom-light: #856aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e308b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.78,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39778,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E308B

secondary

#99B364

accent

#D850AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E308B

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

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