#4E389A#4E389A

#4E389A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.152 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E389A
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 154)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 63.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 35.16, -50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 61.52, 304.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0482 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.152 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3871, 6.7807, 31.3271)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E389A #849A38

analogous

#38539A #4E389A #7F389A

triadic

#4E389A #9A4E38 #389A4E

tetradic

#4E389A #9A3853 #849A38 #389A7F

square

#4E389A #9A3853 #849A38 #389A7F

split-complementary

#4E389A #9A7F38 #539A38

monochromatic

#211740 #37286D #4E389A #6950BF #8F7DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#4E389A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E389A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E389A

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E389A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E389A	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e389a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.152 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b8',
    500: '#4e389a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e389a;
$custom-light: #8670b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e389a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.469,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4227,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E389A

secondary

#AAB975

accent

#D651B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E389A

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

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