#4E338C#4E338C

#4E338C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.141 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E338C
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 140)
HSL	hsl(258, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, 33.95, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 56.73, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.055 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.141 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.0580, 5.8805, 25.4637)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E338C #718C33

analogous

#33458C #4E338C #7A338C

triadic

#4E338C #8C4E33 #338C4E

tetradic

#4E338C #8C3345 #718C33 #338C7A

square

#4E338C #8C3345 #718C33 #338C7A

split-complementary

#4E338C #8C7A33 #458C33

monochromatic

#1C1232 #35235F #4E338C #6743B9 #8B6FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4E338C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E338C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E338C

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E338C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E338C	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e338c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.141 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856cae',
    500: '#4e338c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e338c;
$custom-light: #856cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e338c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.202,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40336,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E338C

secondary

#9CB268

accent

#D652AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E338C

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

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