#4E386D#4E386D

#4E386D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.090 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E386D
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 109)
HSL	hsl(265, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 48.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 21.94, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 35.06, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.047 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.09 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3158, 5.5522, 15.1513)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E386D #576D38

analogous

#383C6D #4E386D #69386D

triadic

#4E386D #6D4E38 #386D4E

tetradic

#4E386D #6D383C #576D38 #386D69

square

#4E386D #6D383C #576D38 #386D69

split-complementary

#4E386D #6D6938 #3C6D38

monochromatic

#140E1C #312345 #4E386D #6B4D95 #8A6CB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4E386D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E386D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E386D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E386D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E386D	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29426F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E426C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48414D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e386d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.090 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816f97',
    500: '#4e386d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e386d;
$custom-light: #816f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e386d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 32.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39044,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E386D

secondary

#859D64

accent

#C8609D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E386D

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

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