#4E396D#4E396D

#4E396D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.088 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E396D
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 109)
HSL	hsl(264, 31%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 48%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 47.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 21.30, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 34.34, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% 0.0455 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.088 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3647, 5.6501, 15.1676)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E396D #586D39

analogous

#393E6D #4E396D #68396D

triadic

#4E396D #6D4E39 #396D4E

tetradic

#4E396D #6D393E #586D39 #396D68

square

#4E396D #6D393E #586D39 #396D68

split-complementary

#4E396D #6D6839 #3E6D39

monochromatic

#140F1D #312445 #4E396D #6B4E95 #8A6DB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4E396D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E396D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E396D

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E396D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E396D	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A436F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F436C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48424D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e396d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.088 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817097',
    500: '#4e396d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e396d;
$custom-light: #817097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e396d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 31.325,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39238,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E396D

secondary

#869D65

accent

#C8609E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E396D

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

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