#4E396E#4E396E

#4E396E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.090 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E396E
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 110)
HSL	hsl(264, 32%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 48%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 48.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 21.58, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 34.94, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.0456 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.09 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4188, 5.6717, 15.4527)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E396E #596E39

analogous

#393E6E #4E396E #69396E

triadic

#4E396E #6E4E39 #396E4E

tetradic

#4E396E #6E393E #596E39 #396E69

square

#4E396E #6E393E #596E39 #396E69

split-complementary

#4E396E #6E6939 #3E6E39

monochromatic

#150F1D #312446 #4E396E #6B4E96 #896EB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E396E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E396E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E396E

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E396E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E396E	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A4370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E436D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e396e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.090 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817098',
    500: '#4e396e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e396e;
$custom-light: #817098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e396e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 31.737,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39299,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E396E

secondary

#879D65

accent

#C8609F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E396E

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

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