#4E308E#4E308E

#4E308E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.148 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E308E
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 36.30, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 59.78, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0583 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.148 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0800, 5.6863, 26.2051)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E308E #708E30

analogous

#30418E #4E308E #7D308E

triadic

#4E308E #8E4E30 #308E4E

tetradic

#4E308E #8E3041 #708E30 #308E7D

square

#4E308E #8E3041 #708E30 #308E7D

split-complementary

#4E308E #8E7D30 #418E30

monochromatic

#1C1133 #352160 #4E308E #673FBC #8B6BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E308E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E308E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E308E

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E308E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E308E	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e308e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.148 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ab0',
    500: '#4e308e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e308e;
$custom-light: #856ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e308e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40021,
    "c": 0.14771,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E308E

secondary

#9BB465

accent

#D94FAD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E308E

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

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