#4E317A#4E317A

#4E317A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.120 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E317A
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 122)
HSL	hsl(264, 43%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 59.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.36, 29.96, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.36, 47.63, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0582 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.12 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.7522, 5.2214, 19.0080)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E317A #5D7A31

analogous

#31387A #4E317A #72317A

triadic

#4E317A #7A4E31 #317A4E

tetradic

#4E317A #7A3138 #5D7A31 #317A72

square

#4E317A #7A3138 #5D7A31 #317A72

split-complementary

#4E317A #7A7231 #387A31

monochromatic

#160E23 #321F4E #4E317A #6A43A6 #8964C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#4E317A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E317A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E317A

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E317A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E317A	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D417C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e317a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.120 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aa1',
    500: '#4e317a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e317a;
$custom-light: #836aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e317a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.836,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38642,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E317A

secondary

#8BA85E

accent

#D255A1

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E317A

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

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