#4E308C#4E308C

#4E308C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.145 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E308C
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 140)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 35.72, -46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 58.64, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0585 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.145 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9312, 5.6268, 25.4214)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E308C #6E8C30

analogous

#30408C #4E308C #7C308C

triadic

#4E308C #8C4E30 #308C4E

tetradic

#4E308C #8C3040 #6E8C30 #308C7C

square

#4E308C #8C3040 #6E8C30 #308C7C

split-complementary

#4E308C #8C7C30 #408C30

monochromatic

#1B1131 #35205E #4E308C #6740BA #8A6ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#4E308C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E308C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E308C

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E308C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E308C	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e308c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.145 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856aae',
    500: '#4e308c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e308c;
$custom-light: #856aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e308c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39858,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E308C

secondary

#9AB364

accent

#D84FAC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E308C

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

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