#4E379C#4E379C

#4E379C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.156 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E379C
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 156)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 64.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 36.37, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 63.29, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0491 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.156 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5071, 6.7519, 32.1957)
Luminance	0.0675 (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

#4E379C #859C37

analogous

#37539C #4E379C #81379C

triadic

#4E379C #9C4E37 #379C4E

tetradic

#4E379C #9C3753 #859C37 #379C81

square

#4E379C #9C3753 #859C37 #379C81

split-complementary

#4E379C #9C8137 #539C37

monochromatic

#211742 #37276F #4E379C #694FC1 #907CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#4E379C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E379C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E379C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E379C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E379C	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e379c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.156 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fba',
    500: '#4e379c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e379c;
$custom-light: #866fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e379c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.663,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42271,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E379C

secondary

#AABA75

accent

#D750B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E379C

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

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