#4E369D#4E369D

#4E369D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.159 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E369D
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 37.26, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 64.49, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0501 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.159 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5451, 6.6919, 32.6278)
Luminance	0.0669 (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

#4E369D #859D36

analogous

#36529D #4E369D #82369D

triadic

#4E369D #9D4E36 #369D4E

tetradic

#4E369D #9D3652 #859D36 #369D82

square

#4E369D #9D3652 #859D36 #369D82

split-complementary

#4E369D #9D8236 #529D36

monochromatic

#211742 #37266F #4E369D #694EC2 #907CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E369D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E369D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E369D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E369D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E369D	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e369d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.159 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ebb',
    500: '#4e369d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e369d;
$custom-light: #876ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e369d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.981,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42194,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E369D

secondary

#AABB74

accent

#D84FB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E369D

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

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