#4E377F#4E377F

#4E377F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.117 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E377F
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 127)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 56.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.12, 27.69, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.12, 46.49, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0501 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.117 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3379, 5.8842, 20.7710)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E377F #687F37

analogous

#37447F #4E377F #72377F

triadic

#4E377F #7F4E37 #377F4E

tetradic

#4E377F #7F3744 #687F37 #377F72

square

#4E377F #7F3744 #687F37 #377F72

split-complementary

#4E377F #7F7237 #447F37

monochromatic

#1A122A #342554 #4E377F #6849AA #8A70C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4E377F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E377F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E377F

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E377F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E377F	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D447D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e377f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.117 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ea4',
    500: '#4e377f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e377f;
$custom-light: #836ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e377f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40049,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E377F

secondary

#95AA68

accent

#CF58A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E377F

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

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