#4E387B#4E387B

#4E387B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.110 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E387B
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 123)
HSL	hsl(260, 37%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 25.90, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 43.43, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0486 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.11 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1303, 5.8780, 19.4413)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E387B #657B38

analogous

#38447B #4E387B #6F387B

triadic

#4E387B #7B4E38 #387B4E

tetradic

#4E387B #7B3844 #657B38 #387B6F

square

#4E387B #7B3844 #657B38 #387B6F

split-complementary

#4E387B #7B6F38 #447B38

monochromatic

#191227 #332551 #4E387B #694BA5 #8970BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4E387B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E387B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E387B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E387B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E387B	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E457D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e387b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.110 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826fa1',
    500: '#4e387b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e387b;
$custom-light: #826fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e387b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.701,
    "s": 37.43,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39953,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E387B

secondary

#92A768

accent

#CD5AA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF3

border

#CAC7CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E387B

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

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