#4E316B#4E316B

#4E316B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.100 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E316B
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 107)
HSL	hsl(270, 37%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 54%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 54.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 25.83, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 38.85, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0575 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.1 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8935, 4.8779, 14.4854)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E316B #4E6B31

analogous

#31316B #4E316B #6B316B

triadic

#4E316B #6B4E31 #316B4E

tetradic

#4E316B #6B3131 #4E6B31 #316B6B

square

#4E316B #6B3131 #4E6B31 #316B6B

split-complementary

#4E316B #6B6B31 #316B31

monochromatic

#110B17 #2F1E41 #4E316B #6D4495 #8B60B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#4E316B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E316B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E316B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E316B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E316B	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F3E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e316b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.100 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816a96',
    500: '#4e316b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e316b;
$custom-light: #816a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e316b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 37.179,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37612,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E316B

secondary

#7C9C5C

accent

#CD5B94

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E316B

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

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