#4E378D#4E378D

#4E378D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.136 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E378D
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 61%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, 31.83, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 54.69, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0501 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.136 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3145, 6.2749, 25.9145)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E378D #768D37

analogous

#374B8D #4E378D #79378D

triadic

#4E378D #8D4E37 #378D4E

tetradic

#4E378D #8D374B #768D37 #378D79

square

#4E378D #8D374B #768D37 #378D79

split-complementary

#4E378D #8D7937 #4B8D37

monochromatic

#1D1535 #362661 #4E378D #6749B8 #8C75C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#4E378D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E378D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E378D

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E378D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E378D	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e378d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.136 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846faf',
    500: '#4e378d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e378d;
$custom-light: #846faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e378d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.047,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4108,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E378D

secondary

#A0B26E

accent

#D454B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E378D

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

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