#4E318B#4E318B

#4E318B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.142 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E318B
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 64.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 34.84, -45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 57.44, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% 0.0574 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.142 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8991, 5.6802, 25.0486)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E318B #6E8B31

analogous

#31418B #4E318B #7B318B

triadic

#4E318B #8B4E31 #318B4E

tetradic

#4E318B #8B3141 #6E8B31 #318B7B

square

#4E318B #8B3141 #6E8B31 #318B7B

split-complementary

#4E318B #8B7B31 #418B31

monochromatic

#1B1131 #35215E #4E318B #6741B8 #8A6BCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E318B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E318B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E318B

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E318B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E318B	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e318b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.142 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856bae',
    500: '#4e318b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e318b;
$custom-light: #856bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e318b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.333,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39936,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E318B

secondary

#9AB265

accent

#D750AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E318B

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

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