#4E309D#4E309D

#4E309D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.167 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E309D
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 157)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 40.70, -54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 68.18, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.0562 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.167 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2829, 6.1675, 32.5404)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E309D #7F9D30

analogous

#30489D #4E309D #85309D

triadic

#4E309D #9D4E30 #309D4E

tetradic

#4E309D #9D3048 #7F9D30 #309D85

square

#4E309D #9D3048 #7F9D30 #309D85

split-complementary

#4E309D #9D8530 #489D30

monochromatic

#1F133F #37226E #4E309D #6844C6 #8E73D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4E309D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E309D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E309D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E309D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E309D	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e309d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.167 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bbb',
    500: '#4e309d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e309d;
$custom-light: #876bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e309d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.514,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41284,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E309D

secondary

#A6BC6D

accent

#DD4BB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E309D

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

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