#4E389B#4E389B

#4E389B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.154 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E389B
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 35.46, -50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 62.09, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.0481 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.154 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4707, 6.8142, 31.7675)
Luminance	0.0682 (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

#4E389B #859B38

analogous

#38549B #4E389B #80389B

triadic

#4E389B #9B4E38 #389B4E

tetradic

#4E389B #9B3854 #859B38 #389B80

square

#4E389B #9B3854 #859B38 #389B80

split-complementary

#4E389B #9B8038 #549B38

monochromatic

#211841 #37286E #4E389B #6950C0 #907DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E389B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E389B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E389B

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E389B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E389B	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e389b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.154 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b9',
    500: '#4e389b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e389b;
$custom-light: #8670b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e389b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42351,
    "c": 0.15364,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E389B

secondary

#AAB975

accent

#D751B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E389B

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

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