#4E309B#4E309B

#4E309B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.164 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E309B
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 155)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 69%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, 40.11, -53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 67.07, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% 0.0565 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.164 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1135, 6.0998, 31.6485)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E309B #7D9B30

analogous

#30489B #4E309B #83309B

triadic

#4E309B #9B4E30 #309B4E

tetradic

#4E309B #9B3048 #7D9B30 #309B83

square

#4E309B #9B3048 #7D9B30 #309B83

split-complementary

#4E309B #9B8330 #489B30

monochromatic

#1F133E #36226C #4E309B #6843C5 #8D72D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E309B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E309B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E309B

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E309B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E309B	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e309b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.164 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bb9',
    500: '#4e309b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e309b;
$custom-light: #876bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e309b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.822,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41111,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E309B

secondary

#A5BB6C

accent

#DC4CB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E309B

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

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