#4E308F#4E308F

#4E308F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.149 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E308F
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 143)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 36.59, -47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 60.35, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0582 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.149 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.1554, 5.7165, 26.6023)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E308F #718F30

analogous

#30428F #4E308F #7D308F

triadic

#4E308F #8F4E30 #308F4E

tetradic

#4E308F #8F3042 #718F30 #308F7D

square

#4E308F #8F3042 #718F30 #308F7D

split-complementary

#4E308F #8F7D30 #428F30

monochromatic

#1C1133 #352161 #4E308F #673FBD #8B6CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E308F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E308F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E308F

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E308F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E308F	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e308f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.149 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ab1',
    500: '#4e308f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e308f;
$custom-light: #856ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e308f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 49.738,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40102,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E308F

secondary

#9CB566

accent

#D94FAD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E308F

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

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