#4E388E#4E388E

#4E388E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.136 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E388E
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 60.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 31.52, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 54.61, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.0489 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.136 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.4372, 6.4007, 26.3242)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E388E #788E38

analogous

#384D8E #4E388E #79388E

triadic

#4E388E #8E4E38 #388E4E

tetradic

#4E388E #8E384D #788E38 #388E79

square

#4E388E #8E384D #788E38 #388E79

split-complementary

#4E388E #8E7938 #4D8E38

monochromatic

#1E1536 #362762 #4E388E #674BB8 #8C77C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4E388E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E388E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E388E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E388E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E388E	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e388e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.136 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fb0',
    500: '#4e388e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e388e;
$custom-light: #846fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e388e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.349,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41328,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.06401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E388E

secondary

#A1B26F

accent

#D355B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E388E

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

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