#4E309A#4E309A

#4E309A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.163 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E309A
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 154)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.58, 39.82, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.58, 66.51, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.0567 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.163 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0299, 6.0663, 31.2080)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E309A #7C9A30

analogous

#30479A #4E309A #83309A

triadic

#4E309A #9A4E30 #309A4E

tetradic

#4E309A #9A3047 #7C9A30 #309A83

square

#4E309A #9A3047 #7C9A30 #309A83

split-complementary

#4E309A #9A8330 #479A30

monochromatic

#1F133D #36216B #4E309A #6743C4 #8D72D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E309A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E309A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E309A

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E309A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E309A	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e309a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.163 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ab9',
    500: '#4e309a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e309a;
$custom-light: #876ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e309a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41025,
    "c": 0.16291,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E309A

secondary

#A4BB6B

accent

#DC4CB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E309A

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

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