#4E378C#4E378C

#4E378C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.135 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E378C
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 140)
HSL	hsl(256, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 31.53, -43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 54.11, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41% 0.0502 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.135 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2404, 6.2452, 25.5244)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E378C #758C37

analogous

#374A8C #4E378C #78378C

triadic

#4E378C #8C4E37 #378C4E

tetradic

#4E378C #8C374A #758C37 #378C78

square

#4E378C #8C374A #758C37 #378C78

split-complementary

#4E378C #8C7837 #4A8C37

monochromatic

#1D1434 #362660 #4E378C #6749B7 #8B75C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E378C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E378C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E378C

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E378C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E378C	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04458A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e378c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.135 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fae',
    500: '#4e378c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e378c;
$custom-light: #846fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e378c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.235,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41004,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E378C

secondary

#9FB16D

accent

#D354B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E378C

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

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