#4E317F#4E317F

#4E317F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.127 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E317F
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 127)
HSL	hsl(262, 44%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 61.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.71, 31.37, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.71, 50.53, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.01% 0.0581 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(39.01% 0.127 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0700, 5.3485, 20.6818)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E317F #627F31

analogous

#313B7F #4E317F #75317F

triadic

#4E317F #7F4E31 #317F4E

tetradic

#4E317F #7F313B #627F31 #317F75

square

#4E317F #7F313B #627F31 #317F75

split-complementary

#4E317F #7F7531 #3B7F31

monochromatic

#180F27 #332053 #4E317F #6942AB #8966C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4E317F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E317F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E317F

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E317F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E317F	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#014282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12407D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e317f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.127 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aa5',
    500: '#4e317f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e317f;
$custom-light: #836aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e317f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.308,
    "s": 44.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3901,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E317F

secondary

#90AB60

accent

#D454A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E317F

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

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