#4E387C#4E387C

#4E387C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.111 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E387C
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 124)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 54.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.17, 26.19, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.17, 44.02, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0486 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.111 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1932, 5.9031, 19.7726)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E387C #667C38

analogous

#38447C #4E387C #70387C

triadic

#4E387C #7C4E38 #387C4E

tetradic

#4E387C #7C3844 #667C38 #387C70

square

#4E387C #7C3844 #667C38 #387C70

split-complementary

#4E387C #7C7038 #447C38

monochromatic

#191228 #332552 #4E387C #694BA6 #8970BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4E387C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E387C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E387C

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E387C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E387C	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C457E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22447A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e387c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.111 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826fa2',
    500: '#4e387c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e387c;
$custom-light: #826fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e387c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40021,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E387C

secondary

#93A768

accent

#CE5AA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF3

border

#CAC7CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E387C

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

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