#4E338D#4E338D

#4E338D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.142 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E338D
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 34.24, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 57.30, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0549 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.142 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1321, 5.9102, 25.8538)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E338D #728D33

analogous

#33458D #4E338D #7B338D

triadic

#4E338D #8D4E33 #338D4E

tetradic

#4E338D #8D3345 #728D33 #338D7B

square

#4E338D #8D3345 #728D33 #338D7B

split-complementary

#4E338D #8D7B33 #458D33

monochromatic

#1C1233 #352360 #4E338D #6743BA #8B6FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4E338D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E338D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E338D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E338D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E338D	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e338d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.142 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856caf',
    500: '#4e338d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e338d;
$custom-light: #856caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e338d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40415,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E338D

secondary

#9DB369

accent

#D751AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E338D

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

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