#4E378E#4E378E

#4E378E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.138 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E378E
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 32.13, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 55.27, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0501 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.138 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3892, 6.3048, 26.3082)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.56

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E378E #778E37

analogous

#374B8E #4E378E #79378E

triadic

#4E378E #8E4E37 #378E4E

tetradic

#4E378E #8E374B #778E37 #378E79

square

#4E378E #8E374B #778E37 #378E79

split-complementary

#4E378E #8E7937 #4B8E37

monochromatic

#1E1536 #362662 #4E378E #6749B9 #8C76CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#4E378E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E378E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E378E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E378E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E378E	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e378e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.138 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb0',
    500: '#4e378e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e378e;
$custom-light: #856fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e378e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.862,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41157,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E378E

secondary

#A1B36E

accent

#D454B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E378E

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

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