#4E387E#4E387E

#4E387E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.114 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E387E
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 55.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, 26.77, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 45.21, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0487 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.114 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3210, 5.9543, 20.4455)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E387E #687E38

analogous

#38457E #4E387E #71387E

triadic

#4E387E #7E4E38 #387E4E

tetradic

#4E387E #7E3845 #687E38 #387E71

square

#4E387E #7E3845 #687E38 #387E71

split-complementary

#4E387E #7E7138 #457E38

monochromatic

#1A1229 #342554 #4E387E #684BA8 #8A71C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4E387E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E387E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E387E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E387E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E387E	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20447C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e387e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.114 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fa4',
    500: '#4e387e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e387e;
$custom-light: #836fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e387e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40159,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E387E

secondary

#95A969

accent

#CE59AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E387E

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

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