#4E339B#4E339B

#4E339B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.160 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E339B
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 155)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 67.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 38.40, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 65.24, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.0535 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.16 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2404, 6.3535, 31.6908)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E339B #809B33

analogous

#334C9B #4E339B #82339B

triadic

#4E339B #9B4E33 #339B4E

tetradic

#4E339B #9B334C #809B33 #339B82

square

#4E339B #9B334C #809B33 #339B82

split-complementary

#4E339B #9B8233 #4C9B33

monochromatic

#20153F #37246D #4E339B #6848C3 #8E76D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4E339B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E339B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E339B

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E339B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E339B	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e339b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.160 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876cb9',
    500: '#4e339b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e339b;
$custom-light: #876cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e339b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.577,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4156,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E339B

secondary

#A7BA6F

accent

#DA4EB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E339B

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

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