#4E377E#4E377E

#4E377E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.116 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E377E
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 56.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 27.40, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 45.90, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0501 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.116 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2730, 5.8583, 20.4295)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E377E #677E37

analogous

#37437E #4E377E #72377E

triadic

#4E377E #7E4E37 #377E4E

tetradic

#4E377E #7E3743 #677E37 #377E72

square

#4E377E #7E3743 #677E37 #377E72

split-complementary

#4E377E #7E7237 #437E37

monochromatic

#191229 #342453 #4E377E #684AA9 #896FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4E377E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E377E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E377E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E377E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E377E	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E437C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e377e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.116 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ea4',
    500: '#4e377e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e377e;
$custom-light: #836ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e377e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39978,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E377E

secondary

#94A968

accent

#CF59A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E377E

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

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