#4E377B#4E377B

#4E377B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.112 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E377B
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 123)
HSL	hsl(260, 38%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 55%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 26.53, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 44.12, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.05 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.112 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0823, 5.7820, 19.4253)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E377B #647B37

analogous

#37427B #4E377B #70377B

triadic

#4E377B #7B4E37 #377B4E

tetradic

#4E377B #7B3742 #647B37 #377B70

square

#4E377B #7B3742 #647B37 #377B70

split-complementary

#4E377B #7B7037 #427B37

monochromatic

#181126 #332451 #4E377B #694AA5 #896EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E377B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E377B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E377B

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E377B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E377B	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B447D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e377b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.112 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826ea1',
    500: '#4e377b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e377b;
$custom-light: #826ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e377b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.294,
    "s": 38.202,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3977,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E377B

secondary

#91A767

accent

#CE5AA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF3

border

#CAC7CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E377B

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

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