#4E389F#4E389F

#4E389F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.159 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E389F
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 159)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 64.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 36.69, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 64.36, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0478 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.159 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8122, 6.9508, 33.5661)
Luminance	0.0695 (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

#4E389F #899F38

analogous

#38559F #4E389F #82389F

triadic

#4E389F #9F4E38 #389F4E

tetradic

#4E389F #9F3855 #899F38 #389F82

square

#4E389F #9F3855 #899F38 #389F82

split-complementary

#4E389F #9F8238 #559F38

monochromatic

#221844 #382872 #4E389F #6A52C2 #917FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E389F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E389F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E389F

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E389F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E389F	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e389f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.159 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770bc',
    500: '#4e389f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e389f;
$custom-light: #8770bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e389f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.816,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42679,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E389F

secondary

#ADBB77

accent

#D750BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E389F

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

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