#4E338B#4E338B

#4E338B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.140 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E338B
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 139)
HSL	hsl(258, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 63.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 33.66, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 56.15, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0551 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.14 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9846, 5.8512, 25.0771)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E338B #708B33

analogous

#33448B #4E338B #7A338B

triadic

#4E338B #8B4E33 #338B4E

tetradic

#4E338B #8B3344 #708B33 #338B7A

square

#4E338B #8B3344 #708B33 #338B7A

split-complementary

#4E338B #8B7A33 #448B33

monochromatic

#1C1231 #35235E #4E338B #6743B8 #8B6ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4E338B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E338B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E338B

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E338B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E338B	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e338b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.140 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846cad',
    500: '#4e338b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e338b;
$custom-light: #846cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e338b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.409,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40258,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E338B

secondary

#9BB268

accent

#D652AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E338B

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

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