#4E398B#4E398B

#4E398B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.131 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E398B
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 139)
HSL	hsl(255, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 59%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 30.00, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 52.19, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.0477 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.131 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2639, 6.4098, 25.1702)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E398B #768B39

analogous

#394D8B #4E398B #77398B

triadic

#4E398B #8B4E39 #398B4E

tetradic

#4E398B #8B394D #768B39 #398B77

square

#4E398B #8B394D #768B39 #398B77

split-complementary

#4E398B #8B7739 #4D8B39

monochromatic

#1D1534 #362760 #4E398B #674CB5 #8C77C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4E398B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E398B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E398B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E398B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E398B	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06498E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E4689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e398b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.131 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470ad',
    500: '#4e398b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e398b;
$custom-light: #8470ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e398b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.366,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41275,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E398B

secondary

#A0B06F

accent

#D256B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E398B

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

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