#4E338E#4E338E

#4E338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.144 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E338E
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.26, 34.54, -46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.26, 57.87, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0549 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.144 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2069, 5.9401, 26.2474)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E338E #738E33

analogous

#33468E #4E338E #7B338E

triadic

#4E338E #8E4E33 #338E4E

tetradic

#4E338E #8E3346 #738E33 #338E7B

square

#4E338E #8E3346 #738E33 #338E7B

split-complementary

#4E338E #8E7B33 #468E33

monochromatic

#1D1334 #352361 #4E338E #6743BB #8B70CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E338E

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E338E	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.144 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856cb0',
    500: '#4e338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e338e;
$custom-light: #856cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.802,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40494,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E338E

secondary

#9EB469

accent

#D751AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E338E

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

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