#4E338F#4E338F

#4E338F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.145 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E338F
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 143)
HSL	hsl(258, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 34.84, -46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 58.45, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.0548 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.145 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2823, 5.9702, 26.6446)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E338F #748F33

analogous

#33468F #4E338F #7C338F

triadic

#4E338F #8F4E33 #338F4E

tetradic

#4E338F #8F3346 #748F33 #338F7C

square

#4E338F #8F3346 #748F33 #338F7C

split-complementary

#4E338F #8F7C33 #468F33

monochromatic

#1D1335 #352362 #4E338F #6743BC #8B70CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4E338F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E338F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E338F

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E338F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E338F	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e338f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.145 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856cb0',
    500: '#4e338f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e338f;
$custom-light: #856cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e338f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.609,
    "s": 47.423,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40574,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E338F

secondary

#9EB46A

accent

#D751B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E338F

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

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