#4E396F#4E396F

#4E396F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.091 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E396F
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 111)
HSL	hsl(263, 32%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 49%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 48.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 21.85, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 35.54, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0458 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.091 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4736, 5.6936, 15.7411)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E396F #5A6F39

analogous

#393F6F #4E396F #69396F

triadic

#4E396F #6F4E39 #396F4E

tetradic

#4E396F #6F393F #5A6F39 #396F69

square

#4E396F #6F393F #5A6F39 #396F69

split-complementary

#4E396F #6F6939 #3F6F39

monochromatic

#150F1E #322447 #4E396F #6A4E97 #896EB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4E396F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E396F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E396F

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E396F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E396F	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#294371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E436E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48434E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e396f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.091 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817098',
    500: '#4e396f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e396f;
$custom-light: #817098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e396f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 32.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39361,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E396F

secondary

#889E66

accent

#C85FA0

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E396F

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

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