#4E317B#4E317B

#4E317B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.121 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E317B
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 123)
HSL	hsl(264, 43%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 60.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 30.24, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 48.21, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0582 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.121 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8145, 5.2463, 19.3360)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E317B #5E7B31

analogous

#31397B #4E317B #73317B

triadic

#4E317B #7B4E31 #317B4E

tetradic

#4E317B #7B3139 #5E7B31 #317B73

square

#4E317B #7B3139 #5E7B31 #317B73

split-complementary

#4E317B #7B7331 #397B31

monochromatic

#160E23 #32204F #4E317B #6A42A7 #8965C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E317B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E317B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E317B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E317B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E317B	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B417D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e317b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.121 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aa2',
    500: '#4e317b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e317b;
$custom-light: #836aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e317b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.514,
    "s": 43.023,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38715,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E317B

secondary

#8CA95F

accent

#D355A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E317B

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

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