#4E317D#4E317D

#4E317D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.124 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E317D
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 125)
HSL	hsl(263, 44%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 30.80, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 49.37, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0582 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.124 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.9409, 5.2969, 20.0021)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E317D #607D31

analogous

#313A7D #4E317D #74317D

triadic

#4E317D #7D4E31 #317D4E

tetradic

#4E317D #7D313A #607D31 #317D74

square

#4E317D #7D313A #607D31 #317D74

split-complementary

#4E317D #7D7431 #3A7D31

monochromatic

#170F25 #332051 #4E317D #6942A9 #8966C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#4E317D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E317D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E317D

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E317D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E317D	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06417F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e317d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.124 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aa3',
    500: '#4e317d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e317d;
$custom-light: #836aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e317d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.895,
    "s": 43.678,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38861,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E317D

secondary

#8EAA60

accent

#D354A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E317D

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

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