#4E388F#4E388F

#4E388F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.138 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E388F
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 143)
HSL	hsl(255, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 31.82, -45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 55.19, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% 0.0489 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.138 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5126, 6.4309, 26.7214)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E388F #798F38

analogous

#384E8F #4E388F #7A388F

triadic

#4E388F #8F4E38 #388F4E

tetradic

#4E388F #8F384E #798F38 #388F7A

square

#4E388F #8F384E #798F38 #388F7A

split-complementary

#4E388F #8F7A38 #4E8F38

monochromatic

#1E1637 #362763 #4E388F #674BB9 #8C77CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E388F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E388F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E388F

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E388F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E388F	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e388f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.138 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb0',
    500: '#4e388f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e388f;
$custom-light: #856fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e388f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.172,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41404,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E388F

secondary

#A2B370

accent

#D354B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E388F

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

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