#4E397C#4E397C

#4E397C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.110 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E397C
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 124)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 54%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, 25.56, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 43.33, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0472 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.11 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2422, 6.0010, 19.7889)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E397C #677C39

analogous

#39457C #4E397C #6F397C

triadic

#4E397C #7C4E39 #397C4E

tetradic

#4E397C #7C3945 #677C39 #397C6F

square

#4E397C #7C3945 #677C39 #397C6F

split-complementary

#4E397C #7C6F39 #457C39

monochromatic

#191228 #342652 #4E397C #684CA6 #8971BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4E397C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E397C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E397C

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E397C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E397C	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F467E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24447A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e397c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.110 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8270a2',
    500: '#4e397c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e397c;
$custom-light: #8270a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e397c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.806,
    "s": 37.017,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40206,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E397C

secondary

#94A76A

accent

#CD5BA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF3

border

#CAC7CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E397C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →