#4E397D#4E397D

#4E397D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.111 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E397D
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 125)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 54.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 25.85, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 43.92, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0473 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.111 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3057, 6.0265, 20.1237)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E397D #687D39

analogous

#39467D #4E397D #70397D

triadic

#4E397D #7D4E39 #397D4E

tetradic

#4E397D #7D3946 #687D39 #397D70

square

#4E397D #7D3946 #687D39 #397D70

split-complementary

#4E397D #7D7039 #467D39

monochromatic

#1A1329 #342653 #4E397D #684CA7 #8A72BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4E397D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E397D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E397D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E397D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E397D	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E467F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23447B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e397d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.111 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8270a3',
    500: '#4e397d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e397d;
$custom-light: #8270a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e397d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 37.363,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40274,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E397D

secondary

#95A86A

accent

#CD5AAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E397D

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

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