#4E318D#4E318D

#4E318D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.145 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E318D
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 65.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 35.42, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 58.58, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0573 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.145 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0466, 5.7392, 25.8253)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E318D #708D31

analogous

#31428D #4E318D #7C318D

triadic

#4E318D #8D4E31 #318D4E

tetradic

#4E318D #8D3142 #708D31 #318D7C

square

#4E318D #8D3142 #708D31 #318D7C

split-complementary

#4E318D #8D7C31 #428D31

monochromatic

#1C1132 #352160 #4E318D #6741BA #8B6CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4E318D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E318D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E318D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E318D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E318D	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e318d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.145 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856baf',
    500: '#4e318d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e318d;
$custom-light: #856baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e318d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.913,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40096,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E318D

secondary

#9BB466

accent

#D850AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E318D

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

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