#4E3381#4E3381

#4E3381 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.126 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3381
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 129)
HSL	hsl(261, 43%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 30.74, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 50.37, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.0555 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.126 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2871, 5.5722, 21.4035)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.68

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3381 #668133

analogous

#333F81 #4E3381 #753381

triadic

#4E3381 #814E33 #33814E

tetradic

#4E3381 #81333F #668133 #338175

square

#4E3381 #81333F #668133 #338175

split-complementary

#4E3381 #817533 #3F8133

monochromatic

#191029 #332255 #4E3381 #6944AD #896AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E3381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E3381 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3381

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3381	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13427F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.126 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ca6',
    500: '#4e3381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3381;
$custom-light: #836ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39495,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3381

secondary

#93AC64

accent

#D355A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3381

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

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