#4E317E#4E317E

#4E317E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.125 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E317E
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 126)
HSL	hsl(263, 44%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 31.09, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 49.95, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0582 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.125 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0051, 5.3226, 20.3402)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E317E #617E31

analogous

#313B7E #4E317E #75317E

triadic

#4E317E #7E4E31 #317E4E

tetradic

#4E317E #7E313B #617E31 #317E75

square

#4E317E #7E313B #617E31 #317E75

split-complementary

#4E317E #7E7531 #3B7E31

monochromatic

#170F26 #332052 #4E317E #6942AA #8966C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4E317E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E317E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E317E

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E317E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E317E	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#044181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e317e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.125 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aa4',
    500: '#4e317e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e317e;
$custom-light: #836aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e317e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.597,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38935,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E317E

secondary

#8FAB60

accent

#D454A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E317E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →