#4E339A#4E339A

#4E339A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.159 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E339A
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 154)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 66.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 38.11, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 64.68, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.0536 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.159 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1568, 6.3200, 31.2503)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.80

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E339A #7F9A33

analogous

#334C9A #4E339A #81339A

triadic

#4E339A #9A4E33 #339A4E

tetradic

#4E339A #9A334C #7F9A33 #339A81

square

#4E339A #9A334C #7F9A33 #339A81

split-complementary

#4E339A #9A8133 #4C9A33

monochromatic

#1F153E #37246C #4E339A #6848C2 #8E76D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#4E339A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E339A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E339A

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E339A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E339A	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e339a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.159 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb9',
    500: '#4e339a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e339a;
$custom-light: #866cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e339a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.728,
    "s": 50.244,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41476,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E339A

secondary

#A6BA6F

accent

#DA4EB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E339A

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

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