#4E309C#4E309C

#4E309C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.165 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E309C
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 156)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 69.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, 40.41, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 67.62, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0564 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.165 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1979, 6.1335, 32.0926)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E309C #7E9C30

analogous

#30489C #4E309C #84309C

triadic

#4E309C #9C4E30 #309C4E

tetradic

#4E309C #9C3048 #7E9C30 #309C84

square

#4E309C #9C3048 #7E9C30 #309C84

split-complementary

#4E309C #9C8430 #489C30

monochromatic

#1F133E #37226D #4E309C #6844C5 #8E73D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4E309C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E309C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E309C

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E309C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E309C	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e309c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.165 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bba',
    500: '#4e309c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e309c;
$custom-light: #876bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e309c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41197,
    "c": 0.1654,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E309C

secondary

#A6BC6C

accent

#DC4BB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E309C

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

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