#4E319C#4E319C

#4E319C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.164 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E319C
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 156)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 68.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 39.84, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 67.02, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.0554 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.164 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2392, 6.2162, 32.1064)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E319C #7F9C31

analogous

#31499C #4E319C #84319C

triadic

#4E319C #9C4E31 #319C4E

tetradic

#4E319C #9C3149 #7F9C31 #319C84

square

#4E319C #9C3149 #7F9C31 #319C84

split-complementary

#4E319C #9C8431 #499C31

monochromatic

#1F143F #37226D #4E319C #6845C5 #8E74D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E319C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E319C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E319C

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E319C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E319C	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e319c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.164 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bba',
    500: '#4e319c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e319c;
$custom-light: #876bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e319c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.262,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41344,
    "c": 0.16414,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E319C

secondary

#A6BB6D

accent

#DC4CB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E319C

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

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