#4E316C#4E316C

#4E316C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.101 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E316C
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 108)
HSL	hsl(269, 38%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 55%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 54.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 26.09, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 39.43, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.0576 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.101 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9464, 4.8991, 14.7641)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E316C #4F6C31

analogous

#31316C #4E316C #6B316C

triadic

#4E316C #6C4E31 #316C4E

tetradic

#4E316C #6C3131 #4F6C31 #316C6B

square

#4E316C #6C3131 #4F6C31 #316C6B

split-complementary

#4E316C #6C6B31 #316C31

monochromatic

#110B18 #301E42 #4E316C #6C4496 #8B60B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4E316C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E316C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E316C

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E316C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E316C	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e316c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.101 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816a96',
    500: '#4e316c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e316c;
$custom-light: #816a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e316c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.492,
    "s": 37.58,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37677,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E316C

secondary

#7D9D5C

accent

#CE5A95

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E316C

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

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