#4E309E#4E309E

#4E309E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.168 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E309E
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 40.99, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 68.73, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.37% 0.056 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(41.37% 0.168 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3686, 6.2018, 32.9919)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E309E #809E30

analogous

#30499E #4E309E #85309E

triadic

#4E309E #9E4E30 #309E4E

tetradic

#4E309E #9E3049 #809E30 #309E85

square

#4E309E #9E3049 #809E30 #309E85

split-complementary

#4E309E #9E8530 #499E30

monochromatic

#201340 #37226F #4E309E #6845C6 #8E74D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4E309E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E309E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E309E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E309E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E309E	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e309e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.168 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bbc',
    500: '#4e309e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e309e;
$custom-light: #876bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e309e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41371,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E309E

secondary

#A7BD6D

accent

#DD4BB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E309E

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

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