#4E389D#4E389D

#4E389D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.156 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E389D
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 157)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 36.08, -51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 63.22, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.048 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.156 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6401, 6.8819, 32.6595)
Luminance	0.0688 (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

#4E389D #879D38

analogous

#38559D #4E389D #81389D

triadic

#4E389D #9D4E38 #389D4E

tetradic

#4E389D #9D3855 #879D38 #389D81

square

#4E389D #9D3855 #879D38 #389D81

split-complementary

#4E389D #9D8138 #559D38

monochromatic

#211843 #382870 #4E389D #6A51C1 #907ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4E389D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E389D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E389D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E389D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E389D	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e389d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.156 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770bb',
    500: '#4e389d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e389d;
$custom-light: #8770bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e389d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.069,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42514,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E389D

secondary

#ACBA76

accent

#D751BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E389D

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

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