#4E397F#4E397F

#4E397F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.114 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E397F
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 127)
HSL	hsl(258, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 55%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 55.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.61, 26.43, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.61, 45.11, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0474 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.114 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4348, 6.0781, 20.8033)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E397F #6A7F39

analogous

#39477F #4E397F #71397F

triadic

#4E397F #7F4E39 #397F4E

tetradic

#4E397F #7F3947 #6A7F39 #397F71

square

#4E397F #7F3947 #6A7F39 #397F71

split-complementary

#4E397F #7F7139 #477F39

monochromatic

#1A132B #342655 #4E397F #684CA9 #8A72C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4E397F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E397F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E397F

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E397F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E397F	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20457D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e397f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.114 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370a4',
    500: '#4e397f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e397f;
$custom-light: #8370a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e397f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 38.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40412,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E397F

secondary

#96A96B

accent

#CE5AAB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E397F

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

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