#4E318E#4E318E

#4E318E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.146 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E318E
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 65.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 35.72, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 59.15, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0572 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.146 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.1213, 5.7691, 26.2189)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E318E #718E31

analogous

#31428E #4E318E #7D318E

triadic

#4E318E #8E4E31 #318E4E

tetradic

#4E318E #8E3142 #718E31 #318E7D

square

#4E318E #8E3142 #718E31 #318E7D

split-complementary

#4E318E #8E7D31 #428E31

monochromatic

#1C1233 #352161 #4E318E #6741BB #8B6DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4E318E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E318E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E318E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E318E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E318E	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e318e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.146 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856bb0',
    500: '#4e318e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e318e;
$custom-light: #856bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e318e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.71,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40176,
    "c": 0.14633,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E318E

secondary

#9CB467

accent

#D850AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E318E

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

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