#4E368B#4E368B

#4E368B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.135 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E368B
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 61.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 31.85, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 54.19, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.0514 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.135 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1200, 6.1218, 25.1222)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E368B #738B36

analogous

#36498B #4E368B #78368B

triadic

#4E368B #8B4E36 #368B4E

tetradic

#4E368B #8B3649 #738B36 #368B78

square

#4E368B #8B3649 #738B36 #368B78

split-complementary

#4E368B #8B7836 #498B36

monochromatic

#1D1433 #35255F #4E368B #6747B7 #8B73C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4E368B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E368B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E368B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E368B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E368B	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D495B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e368b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.135 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ead',
    500: '#4e368b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e368b;
$custom-light: #846ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e368b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.941,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40757,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E368B

secondary

#9EB16C

accent

#D454B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E368B

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

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