#4E388B#4E388B

#4E388B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.132 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E388B
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 59.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 30.62, -43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 52.86, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% 0.049 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.132 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2150, 6.3118, 25.1539)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E388B #758B38

analogous

#384B8B #4E388B #77388B

triadic

#4E388B #8B4E38 #388B4E

tetradic

#4E388B #8B384B #758B38 #388B77

square

#4E388B #8B384B #758B38 #388B77

split-complementary

#4E388B #8B7738 #4B8B38

monochromatic

#1D1534 #36265F #4E388B #674AB6 #8B76C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#4E388B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E388B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E388B

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E388B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E388B	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01488E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e388b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.132 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fad',
    500: '#4e388b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e388b;
$custom-light: #846fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e388b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.904,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.411,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E388B

secondary

#9FB16E

accent

#D255B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E388B

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

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