#4E378B#4E378B

#4E378B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.134 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E378B
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 60.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 31.23, -43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 53.53, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0502 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.134 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1670, 6.2159, 25.1379)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E378B #748B37

analogous

#374A8B #4E378B #78378B

triadic

#4E378B #8B4E37 #378B4E

tetradic

#4E378B #8B374A #748B37 #378B78

square

#4E378B #8B374A #748B37 #378B78

split-complementary

#4E378B #8B7837 #4A8B37

monochromatic

#1D1433 #35265F #4E378B #6748B7 #8B74C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E378B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E378B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E378B

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E378B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E378B	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e378b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.134 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fad',
    500: '#4e378b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e378b;
$custom-light: #846fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e378b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.429,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40928,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E378B

secondary

#9EB16D

accent

#D355B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E378B

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

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