#4E319B#4E319B

#4E319B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.163 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E319B
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 155)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 68.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 39.55, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 66.46, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.0555 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.163 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1549, 6.1825, 31.6623)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E319B #7E9B31

analogous

#31499B #4E319B #83319B

triadic

#4E319B #9B4E31 #319B4E

tetradic

#4E319B #9B3149 #7E9B31 #319B83

square

#4E319B #9B3149 #7E9B31 #319B83

split-complementary

#4E319B #9B8331 #499B31

monochromatic

#1F143E #37226D #4E319B #6845C4 #8E73D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E319B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E319B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E319B

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E319B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E319B	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e319b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.163 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bb9',
    500: '#4e319b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e319b;
$custom-light: #876bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e319b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.415,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41258,
    "c": 0.16289,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E319B

secondary

#A6BB6D

accent

#DB4CB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E319B

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

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