#4E378F#4E378F

#4E378F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.139 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E378F
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 143)
HSL	hsl(256, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 32.43, -45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 55.85, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% 0.0501 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.139 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4646, 6.3349, 26.7054)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E378F #788F37

analogous

#374C8F #4E378F #7A378F

triadic

#4E378F #8F4E37 #378F4E

tetradic

#4E378F #8F374C #788F37 #378F7A

square

#4E378F #8F374C #788F37 #378F7A

split-complementary

#4E378F #8F7A37 #4C8F37

monochromatic

#1E1537 #362663 #4E378F #674AB9 #8C76CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E378F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E378F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E378F

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E378F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E378F	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e378f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.139 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb0',
    500: '#4e378f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e378f;
$custom-light: #856fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e378f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.682,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41234,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E378F

secondary

#A1B36F

accent

#D454B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E378F

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

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