#4E318C#4E318C

#4E318C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.144 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E318C
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 140)
HSL	hsl(259, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 65%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 35.13, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 58.01, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0574 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.144 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9725, 5.7095, 25.4352)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E318C #6F8C31

analogous

#31428C #4E318C #7C318C

triadic

#4E318C #8C4E31 #318C4E

tetradic

#4E318C #8C3142 #6F8C31 #318C7C

square

#4E318C #8C3142 #6F8C31 #318C7C

split-complementary

#4E318C #8C7C31 #428C31

monochromatic

#1B1131 #35215F #4E318C #6741B9 #8A6CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E318C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E318C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E318C

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E318C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E318C	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e318c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.144 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856bae',
    500: '#4e318c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e318c;
$custom-light: #856bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e318c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.121,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40015,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E318C

secondary

#9AB366

accent

#D850AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E318C

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

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