#4E388D#4E388D

#4E388D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.135 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E388D
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 31.22, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 54.02, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0489 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.135 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3624, 6.3708, 25.9305)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E388D #778D38

analogous

#384C8D #4E388D #78388D

triadic

#4E388D #8D4E38 #388D4E

tetradic

#4E388D #8D384C #778D38 #388D78

square

#4E388D #8D384C #778D38 #388D78

split-complementary

#4E388D #8D7838 #4C8D38

monochromatic

#1E1535 #362761 #4E388D #674BB7 #8C77C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4E388D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E388D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E388D

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E388D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E388D	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e388d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.135 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846faf',
    500: '#4e388d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e388d;
$custom-light: #846faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e388d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.529,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41251,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E388D

secondary

#A1B26F

accent

#D355B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E388D

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

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