#4E318A#4E318A

#4E318A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.141 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E318A
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 138)
HSL	hsl(260, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 34.55, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 56.87, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0575 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.141 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8264, 5.6511, 24.6656)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E318A #6D8A31

analogous

#31408A #4E318A #7B318A

triadic

#4E318A #8A4E31 #318A4E

tetradic

#4E318A #8A3140 #6D8A31 #318A7B

square

#4E318A #8A3140 #6D8A31 #318A7B

split-complementary

#4E318A #8A7B31 #408A31

monochromatic

#1B1130 #34215D #4E318A #6841B7 #8A6BCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4E318A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E318A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E318A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E318A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E318A	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e318a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.141 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846bad',
    500: '#4e318a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e318a;
$custom-light: #846bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e318a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.551,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39856,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E318A

secondary

#99B265

accent

#D751AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E318A

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

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