#4E379E#4E379E

#4E379E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.159 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E379E
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 65.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 36.97, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 64.42, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.0489 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.159 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6778, 6.8202, 33.0949)
Luminance	0.0682 (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

#4E379E #879E37

analogous

#37549E #4E379E #82379E

triadic

#4E379E #9E4E37 #379E4E

tetradic

#4E379E #9E3754 #879E37 #379E82

square

#4E379E #9E3754 #879E37 #379E82

split-complementary

#4E379E #9E8237 #549E37

monochromatic

#211743 #382771 #4E379E #6A50C2 #907DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E379E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E379E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E379E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E379E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E379E	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e379e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.159 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fbb',
    500: '#4e379e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e379e;
$custom-light: #876fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e379e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.398,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42436,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E379E

secondary

#ACBB76

accent

#D850BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E379E

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

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