#4E387F#4E387F

#4E387F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.116 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E387F
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 127)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 55.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.36, 27.06, -36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.36, 45.80, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0488 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.116 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.3858, 5.9802, 20.7870)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E387F #697F38

analogous

#38457F #4E387F #71387F

triadic

#4E387F #7F4E38 #387F4E

tetradic

#4E387F #7F3845 #697F38 #387F71

square

#4E387F #7F3845 #697F38 #387F71

split-complementary

#4E387F #7F7138 #457F38

monochromatic

#1A132A #342555 #4E387F #684BA9 #8A71C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#4E387F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E387F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E387F

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E387F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E387F	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F447D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e387f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.116 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fa4',
    500: '#4e387f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e387f;
$custom-light: #836fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e387f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 38.798,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40229,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.0598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E387F

secondary

#96A969

accent

#CF59AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E387F

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

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