#4E379B#4E379B

#4E379B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.155 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E379B
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 155)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 64.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 36.06, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 62.73, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0492 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.155 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4228, 6.7182, 31.7515)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E379B #849B37

analogous

#37529B #4E379B #80379B

triadic

#4E379B #9B4E37 #379B4E

tetradic

#4E379B #9B3752 #849B37 #379B80

square

#4E379B #9B3752 #849B37 #379B80

split-complementary

#4E379B #9B8037 #529B37

monochromatic

#211741 #37276E #4E379B #694FC0 #8F7CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E379B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E379B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E379B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E379B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E379B	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e379b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.155 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fb9',
    500: '#4e379b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e379b;
$custom-light: #866fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e379b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.8,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42189,
    "c": 0.155,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E379B

secondary

#AABA74

accent

#D751B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E379B

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

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