#4E30A5#4E30A5

#4E30A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.177 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E30A5
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 43.06, -58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 72.57, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.0547 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.177 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9884, 6.4497, 36.2559)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E30A5 #87A530

analogous

#304CA5 #4E30A5 #8930A5

triadic

#4E30A5 #A54E30 #30A54E

tetradic

#4E30A5 #A5304C #87A530 #30A589

square

#4E30A5 #A5304C #87A530 #30A589

split-complementary

#4E30A5 #A58930 #4CA530

monochromatic

#211446 #382276 #4E30A5 #6A48CA #9078D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4E30A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E30A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E30A5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E30A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E30A5	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e30a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.177 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886bc1',
    500: '#4e30a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e30a5;
$custom-light: #886bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e30a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41989,
    "c": 0.17651,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E30A5

secondary

#ACC071

accent

#DE4AB8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E30A5

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

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