#4E318F#4E318F

#4E318F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.148 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E318F
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 143)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 65.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, 36.01, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 59.72, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0571 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.148 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1968, 5.7992, 26.6161)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E318F #728F31

analogous

#31438F #4E318F #7D318F

triadic

#4E318F #8F4E31 #318F4E

tetradic

#4E318F #8F3143 #728F31 #318F7D

square

#4E318F #8F3143 #728F31 #318F7D

split-complementary

#4E318F #8F7D31 #438F31

monochromatic

#1C1234 #352161 #4E318F #6741BD #8B6DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4E318F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E318F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E318F

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E318F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E318F	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e318f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.148 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856bb0',
    500: '#4e318f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e318f;
$custom-light: #856bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e318f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.511,
    "s": 48.958,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40257,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E318F

secondary

#9DB567

accent

#D94FAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E318F

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

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