#4E3183#4E3183

#4E3183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.132 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3183
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 131)
HSL	hsl(261, 46%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 62.6%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.99, 32.52, -41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.99, 52.85, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.058 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.132 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3359, 5.4549, 22.0820)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3183 #668331

analogous

#313D83 #4E3183 #773183

triadic

#4E3183 #834E31 #31834E

tetradic

#4E3183 #83313D #668331 #318377

square

#4E3183 #83313D #668331 #318377

split-complementary

#4E3183 #837731 #3D8331

monochromatic

#19102A #332056 #4E3183 #6942B0 #8968C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4E3183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E3183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3183

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3183	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.132 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846aa8',
    500: '#4e3183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3183;
$custom-light: #846aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.22,
    "s": 45.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39312,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3183

secondary

#93AE62

accent

#D553A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3183

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

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