#4E398A#4E398A

#4E398A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.129 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E398A
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 58.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 29.70, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 51.60, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0477 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.129 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1912, 6.3807, 24.7872)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E398A #758A39

analogous

#394C8A #4E398A #76398A

triadic

#4E398A #8A4E39 #398A4E

tetradic

#4E398A #8A394C #758A39 #398A76

square

#4E398A #8A394C #758A39 #398A76

split-complementary

#4E398A #8A7639 #4C8A39

monochromatic

#1D1533 #36275F #4E398A #674BB5 #8B77C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4E398A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E398A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E398A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E398A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E398A	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09498D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#104688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e398a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.129 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470ad',
    500: '#4e398a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e398a;
$custom-light: #8470ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e398a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41201,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E398A

secondary

#9FB06F

accent

#D156B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E398A

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

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