#4E319A#4E319A

#4E319A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.162 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E319A
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 154)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 39.25, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 65.91, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0557 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.162 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0713, 6.1490, 31.2218)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E319A #7D9A31

analogous

#31499A #4E319A #82319A

triadic

#4E319A #9A4E31 #319A4E

tetradic

#4E319A #9A3149 #7D9A31 #319A82

square

#4E319A #9A3149 #7D9A31 #319A82

split-complementary

#4E319A #9A8231 #499A31

monochromatic

#1F133D #36226C #4E319A #6845C4 #8D73D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E319A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E319A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E319A

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E319A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E319A	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e319a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.162 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bb9',
    500: '#4e319a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e319a;
$custom-light: #876bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e319a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.571,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41173,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E319A

secondary

#A5BA6C

accent

#DB4DB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E319A

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

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