#4E388C#4E388C

#4E388C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.134 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E388C
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 140)
HSL	hsl(256, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 60%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 30.92, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 53.44, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0489 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.134 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2884, 6.3412, 25.5404)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E388C #768C38

analogous

#384C8C #4E388C #78388C

triadic

#4E388C #8C4E38 #388C4E

tetradic

#4E388C #8C384C #768C38 #388C78

square

#4E388C #8C384C #768C38 #388C78

split-complementary

#4E388C #8C7838 #4C8C38

monochromatic

#1D1535 #362760 #4E388C #674AB7 #8C76C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E388C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E388C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E388C

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E388C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E388C	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00498F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07458A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e388c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.134 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fae',
    500: '#4e388c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e388c;
$custom-light: #846fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e388c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41176,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E388C

secondary

#A0B16F

accent

#D355B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E388C

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

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