#4E308D#4E308D

#4E308D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.146 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E308D
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 66%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 36.01, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 59.21, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% 0.0584 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.146 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0053, 5.6564, 25.8115)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E308D #6F8D30

analogous

#30418D #4E308D #7D308D

triadic

#4E308D #8D4E30 #308D4E

tetradic

#4E308D #8D3041 #6F8D30 #308D7D

square

#4E308D #8D3041 #6F8D30 #308D7D

split-complementary

#4E308D #8D7D30 #418D30

monochromatic

#1B1132 #35205F #4E308D #6740BB #8A6BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4E308D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E308D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E308D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E308D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E308D	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e308d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.146 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856aaf',
    500: '#4e308d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e308d;
$custom-light: #856aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e308d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39939,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E308D

secondary

#9AB465

accent

#D94FAC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E308D

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

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