#4E378A#4E378A

#4E378A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.132 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E378A
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 60.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, 30.94, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 52.94, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0502 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.132 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0943, 6.1868, 24.7548)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E378A #738A37

analogous

#37498A #4E378A #78378A

triadic

#4E378A #8A4E37 #378A4E

tetradic

#4E378A #8A3749 #738A37 #378A78

square

#4E378A #8A3749 #738A37 #378A78

split-complementary

#4E378A #8A7837 #498A37

monochromatic

#1D1432 #35265E #4E378A #6748B6 #8B74C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E378A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E378A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E378A

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E378A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E378A	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D495B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e378a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.132 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fad',
    500: '#4e378a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e378a;
$custom-light: #846fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e378a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.627,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40852,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E378A

secondary

#9EB06D

accent

#D355B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E378A

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

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