#4E377A#4E377A

#4E377A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.110 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E377A
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 122)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 54.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 26.24, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 43.53, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0499 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.11 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0200, 5.7571, 19.0973)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E377A #637A37

analogous

#37427A #4E377A #70377A

triadic

#4E377A #7A4E37 #377A4E

tetradic

#4E377A #7A3742 #637A37 #377A70

square

#4E377A #7A3742 #637A37 #377A70

split-complementary

#4E377A #7A7037 #427A37

monochromatic

#181126 #332450 #4E377A #694AA4 #896EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4E377A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E377A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E377A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E377A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E377A	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C447C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e377a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.110 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826ea1',
    500: '#4e377a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e377a;
$custom-light: #826ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e377a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.597,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39701,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E377A

secondary

#90A666

accent

#CE5AA6

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E377A

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

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