#4E368D#4E368D

#4E368D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.138 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E368D
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 61.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 32.44, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 55.35, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0514 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.138 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2674, 6.1808, 25.8989)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E368D #758D36

analogous

#36498D #4E368D #79368D

triadic

#4E368D #8D4E36 #368D4E

tetradic

#4E368D #8D3649 #758D36 #368D79

square

#4E368D #8D3649 #758D36 #368D79

split-complementary

#4E368D #8D7936 #498D36

monochromatic

#1D1434 #362561 #4E368D #6747B9 #8B74CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E368D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E368D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E368D

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E368D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E368D	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e368d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.138 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846eaf',
    500: '#4e368d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e368d;
$custom-light: #846eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e368d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40911,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E368D

secondary

#9FB26D

accent

#D453B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E368D

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

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