#4E338A#4E338A

#4E338A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.138 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E338A
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 63%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 33.36, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 55.58, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0551 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.138 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9119, 5.8221, 24.6941)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E338A #6F8A33

analogous

#33438A #4E338A #7A338A

triadic

#4E338A #8A4E33 #338A4E

tetradic

#4E338A #8A3343 #6F8A33 #338A7A

square

#4E338A #8A3343 #6F8A33 #338A7A

split-complementary

#4E338A #8A7A33 #438A33

monochromatic

#1B1231 #35225D #4E338A #6744B7 #8A6EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4E338A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E338A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E338A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E338A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E338A	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e338a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.138 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846cad',
    500: '#4e338a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e338a;
$custom-light: #846cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e338a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4018,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E338A

secondary

#9AB167

accent

#D652AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E338A

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

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