#4E389E#4E389E

#4E389E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.158 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E389E
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 36.38, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 63.79, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.0479 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.158 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7258, 6.9162, 33.1109)
Luminance	0.0692 (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

#4E389E #889E38

analogous

#38559E #4E389E #81389E

triadic

#4E389E #9E4E38 #389E4E

tetradic

#4E389E #9E3855 #889E38 #389E81

square

#4E389E #9E3855 #889E38 #389E81

split-complementary

#4E389E #9E8138 #559E38

monochromatic

#211844 #382871 #4E389E #6A52C2 #917FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E389E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E389E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E389E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E389E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E389E	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e389e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.158 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770bb',
    500: '#4e389e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e389e;
$custom-light: #8770bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e389e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42596,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E389E

secondary

#ACBB77

accent

#D751BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E389E

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

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