#4E397A#4E397A

#4E397A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.107 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E397A
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 122)
HSL	hsl(259, 36%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 53%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 53.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.29, 24.98, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.29, 42.13, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0471 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.107 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1170, 5.9510, 19.1296)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E397A #657A39

analogous

#39447A #4E397A #6F397A

triadic

#4E397A #7A4E39 #397A4E

tetradic

#4E397A #7A3944 #657A39 #397A6F

square

#4E397A #7A3944 #657A39 #397A6F

split-complementary

#4E397A #7A6F39 #447A39

monochromatic

#191227 #332650 #4E397A #694CA4 #8971BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4E397A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E397A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E397A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E397A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E397A	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20457C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e397a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.107 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8270a1',
    500: '#4e397a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e397a;
$custom-light: #8270a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e397a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.385,
    "s": 36.313,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4007,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E397A

secondary

#92A669

accent

#CC5BA8

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E397A

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

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