#4E379D#4E379D

#4E379D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.158 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E379D
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 65%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 36.67, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 63.86, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.049 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.158 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5921, 6.7859, 32.6435)
Luminance	0.0679 (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

#4E379D #869D37

analogous

#37539D #4E379D #81379D

triadic

#4E379D #9D4E37 #379D4E

tetradic

#4E379D #9D3753 #869D37 #379D81

square

#4E379D #9D3753 #869D37 #379D81

split-complementary

#4E379D #9D8137 #539D37

monochromatic

#211742 #372770 #4E379D #6950C2 #907DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#4E379D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E379D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E379D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E379D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E379D	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e379d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.158 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fbb',
    500: '#4e379d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e379d;
$custom-light: #876fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e379d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.529,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42353,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E379D

secondary

#ABBB75

accent

#D850B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E379D

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

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