#4E396C#4E396C

#4E396C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.087 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E396C
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 108)
HSL	hsl(265, 31%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 47%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 47.2%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, 21.02, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 33.74, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.0453 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.087 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3112, 5.6287, 14.8857)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E396C #576C39

analogous

#393E6C #4E396C #68396C

triadic

#4E396C #6C4E39 #396C4E

tetradic

#4E396C #6C393E #576C39 #396C68

square

#4E396C #6C393E #576C39 #396C68

split-complementary

#4E396C #6C6839 #3E6C39

monochromatic

#140F1C #312444 #4E396C #6B4E94 #8A6DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#4E396C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E396C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E396C

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E396C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E396C	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B436E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30436B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48424D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e396c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.087 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817096',
    500: '#4e396c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e396c;
$custom-light: #817096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e396c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 30.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39177,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E396C

secondary

#859C65

accent

#C7619D

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEECF2

border

#C9C7CC

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E396C

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

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