#4E319D#4E319D

#4E319D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.165 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E319D
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 157)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 40.14, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 67.58, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.0552 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.165 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3243, 6.2502, 32.5542)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E319D #809D31

analogous

#314A9D #4E319D #84319D

triadic

#4E319D #9D4E31 #319D4E

tetradic

#4E319D #9D314A #809D31 #319D84

square

#4E319D #9D314A #809D31 #319D84

split-complementary

#4E319D #9D8431 #4A9D31

monochromatic

#201440 #37226E #4E319D #6846C5 #8E75D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4E319D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E319D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E319D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E319D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E319D	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e319d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.165 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bbb',
    500: '#4e319d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e319d;
$custom-light: #876bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e319d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.111,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4143,
    "c": 0.16539,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E319D

secondary

#A7BC6E

accent

#DC4CB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E319D

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

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