#4E3481#4E3481

#4E3481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.125 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3481
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 129)
HSL	hsl(260, 43%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 30.13, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 49.70, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0542 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.125 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3313, 5.6605, 21.4183)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3481 #678134

analogous

#344081 #4E3481 #743481

triadic

#4E3481 #814E34 #34814E

tetradic

#4E3481 #813440 #678134 #348174

square

#4E3481 #813440 #678134 #348174

split-complementary

#4E3481 #817434 #408134

monochromatic

#19112A #342255 #4E3481 #6846AD #896CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4E3481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E3481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3481

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3481	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15427F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.125 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ca6',
    500: '#4e3481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3481;
$custom-light: #836ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.26,
    "s": 42.541,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39666,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3481

secondary

#94AC65

accent

#D255A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3481

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

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