#4E368E#4E368E

#4E368E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.139 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E368E
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 62%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 32.74, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 55.93, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0513 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.139 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3422, 6.2107, 26.2925)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.58

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E368E #768E36

analogous

#364A8E #4E368E #7A368E

triadic

#4E368E #8E4E36 #368E4E

tetradic

#4E368E #8E364A #768E36 #368E7A

square

#4E368E #8E364A #768E36 #368E7A

split-complementary

#4E368E #8E7A36 #4A8E36

monochromatic

#1D1435 #362562 #4E368E #6748B9 #8C74CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4E368E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E368E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E368E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E368E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E368E	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e368e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.139 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856eb0',
    500: '#4e368e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e368e;
$custom-light: #856eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e368e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 44.898,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40988,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E368E

secondary

#A0B36D

accent

#D553B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E368E

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

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