#4E388A#4E388A

#4E388A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.131 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E388A
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 59.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.11, 30.32, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.11, 52.28, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.049 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.131 292)
XYZ	xyz(9.1423, 6.2828, 24.7708)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E388A #748A38

analogous

#384B8A #4E388A #77388A

triadic

#4E388A #8A4E38 #388A4E

tetradic

#4E388A #8A384B #748A38 #388A77

square

#4E388A #8A384B #748A38 #388A77

split-complementary

#4E388A #8A7738 #4B8A38

monochromatic

#1D1533 #35265E #4E388A #674AB5 #8B75C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#4E388A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E388A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E388A

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E388A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E388A	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04488D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e388a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.131 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fad',
    500: '#4e388a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e388a;
$custom-light: #846fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e388a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.098,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41026,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.06283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E388A

secondary

#9EB06E

accent

#D256B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E388A

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

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