#4E377C#4E377C

#4E377C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.113 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E377C
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 124)
HSL	hsl(260, 39%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 55.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 26.82, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 44.71, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% 0.05 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.113 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1452, 5.8072, 19.7566)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E377C #657C37

analogous

#37437C #4E377C #70377C

triadic

#4E377C #7C4E37 #377C4E

tetradic

#4E377C #7C3743 #657C37 #377C70

square

#4E377C #7C3743 #657C37 #377C70

split-complementary

#4E377C #7C7037 #437C37

monochromatic

#191127 #332452 #4E377C #694AA6 #896EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4E377C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E377C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E377C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E377C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E377C	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A457E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21437A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e377c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.113 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826ea2',
    500: '#4e377c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e377c;
$custom-light: #826ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e377c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 38.547,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39839,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E377C

secondary

#92A867

accent

#CE59A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF3

border

#CAC7CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E377C

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

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