#4E319E#4E319E

#4E319E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.167 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E319E
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 69%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 40.44, -54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 68.13, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.055 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.167 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4100, 6.2845, 33.0056)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E319E #819E31

analogous

#314B9E #4E319E #84319E

triadic

#4E319E #9E4E31 #319E4E

tetradic

#4E319E #9E314B #819E31 #319E84

square

#4E319E #9E314B #819E31 #319E84

split-complementary

#4E319E #9E8431 #4B9E31

monochromatic

#201441 #37236F #4E319E #6846C6 #8E75D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E319E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E319E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E319E

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E319E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E319E	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e319e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.167 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bbc',
    500: '#4e319e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e319e;
$custom-light: #876bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e319e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.963,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41517,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E319E

secondary

#A8BC6E

accent

#DC4CB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E319E

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

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