#4E387D#4E387D

#4E387D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.113 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E387D
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 125)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 55.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 26.48, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 44.61, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0487 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.113 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2568, 5.9286, 20.1074)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E387D #677D38

analogous

#38447D #4E387D #70387D

triadic

#4E387D #7D4E38 #387D4E

tetradic

#4E387D #7D3844 #677D38 #387D70

square

#4E387D #7D3844 #677D38 #387D70

split-complementary

#4E387D #7D7038 #447D38

monochromatic

#191228 #342553 #4E387D #684BA7 #8970BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E387D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E387D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E387D

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E387D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E387D	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B457F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21447B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e387d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.113 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826fa3',
    500: '#4e387d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e387d;
$custom-light: #826fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e387d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.13,
    "s": 38.122,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4009,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E387D

secondary

#94A869

accent

#CE5AA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E387D

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

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