#4E389C#4E389C

#4E389C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.155 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E389C
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 156)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 64.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 35.77, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 62.66, 304.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.048 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.155 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5551, 6.8479, 32.2117)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#4E389C #869C38

analogous

#38549C #4E389C #80389C

triadic

#4E389C #9C4E38 #389C4E

tetradic

#4E389C #9C3854 #869C38 #389C80

square

#4E389C #9C3854 #869C38 #389C80

split-complementary

#4E389C #9C8038 #549C38

monochromatic

#211842 #37286F #4E389C #6951C0 #907ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E389C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E389C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E389C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E389C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E389C	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e389c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.155 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670ba',
    500: '#4e389c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e389c;
$custom-light: #8670ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e389c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42433,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E389C

secondary

#ABBA76

accent

#D751B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E389C

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

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