#4E369B#4E369B

#4E369B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.156 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E369B
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 155)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 65.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 36.65, -51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 63.36, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.0503 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.156 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3757, 6.6242, 31.7359)
Luminance	0.0663 (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

#4E369B #839B36

analogous

#36519B #4E369B #80369B

triadic

#4E369B #9B4E36 #369B4E

tetradic

#4E369B #9B3651 #839B36 #369B80

square

#4E369B #9B3651 #839B36 #369B80

split-complementary

#4E369B #9B8036 #519B36

monochromatic

#201640 #37266E #4E369B #694DC1 #8F7BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4E369B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E369B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E369B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E369B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E369B	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e369b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.156 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb9',
    500: '#4e369b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e369b;
$custom-light: #866eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e369b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.257,
    "s": 48.325,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42029,
    "c": 0.15634,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E369B

secondary

#A9BA73

accent

#D850B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E369B

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

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