#4E339E#4E339E

#4E339E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.164 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E339E
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 39.30, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 66.92, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.053 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.164 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4955, 6.4555, 33.0341)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E339E #839E33

analogous

#334D9E #4E339E #83339E

triadic

#4E339E #9E4E33 #339E4E

tetradic

#4E339E #9E334D #839E33 #339E83

square

#4E339E #9E334D #839E33 #339E83

split-complementary

#4E339E #9E8333 #4D9E33

monochromatic

#201541 #372470 #4E339E #694AC4 #8F78D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4E339E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E339E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E339E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E339E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E339E	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e339e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.164 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876cbb',
    500: '#4e339e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e339e;
$custom-light: #876cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e339e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.14,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41814,
    "c": 0.16412,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E339E

secondary

#A9BC71

accent

#DB4DB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E339E

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

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