#4E379F#4E379F

#4E379F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.160 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E379F
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 159)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 65.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 37.28, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 64.99, 305.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0488 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.16 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7643, 6.8548, 33.5501)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#4E379F #889F37

analogous

#37549F #4E379F #82379F

triadic

#4E379F #9F4E37 #379F4E

tetradic

#4E379F #9F3754 #889F37 #379F82

square

#4E379F #9F3754 #889F37 #379F82

split-complementary

#4E379F #9F8237 #549F37

monochromatic

#211844 #382772 #4E379F #6A51C3 #917ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E379F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E379F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E379F

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E379F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E379F	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e379f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.160 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fbc',
    500: '#4e379f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e379f;
$custom-light: #876fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e379f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.269,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42519,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E379F

secondary

#ACBC76

accent

#D850BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E379F

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

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