#4E316A#4E316A

#4E316A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.098 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E316A
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 106)
HSL	hsl(271, 37%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 54%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 53.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 25.56, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 38.26, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0574 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.098 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8412, 4.8570, 14.2100)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E316A #4D6A31

analogous

#31316A #4E316A #6A3169

triadic

#4E316A #6A4E31 #316A4E

tetradic

#4E316A #6A3131 #4D6A31 #31696A

square

#4E316A #6A3131 #4D6A31 #31696A

split-complementary

#4E316A #696A31 #316A31

monochromatic

#100A16 #2F1E40 #4E316A #6D4494 #8B60B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4E316A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E316A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E316A

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E316A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E316A	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e316a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.098 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816a95',
    500: '#4e316a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e316a;
$custom-light: #816a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e316a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 36.774,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37547,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E316A

secondary

#7B9B5C

accent

#CD5B93

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E316A

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

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