#4E398C#4E398C

#4E398C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.132 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E398C
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 140)
HSL	hsl(255, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 30.30, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 52.77, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.35% 0.0477 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(41.35% 0.132 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3373, 6.4391, 25.5568)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E398C #778C39

analogous

#394D8C #4E398C #77398C

triadic

#4E398C #8C4E39 #398C4E

tetradic

#4E398C #8C394D #778C39 #398C77

square

#4E398C #8C394D #778C39 #398C77

split-complementary

#4E398C #8C7739 #4D8C39

monochromatic

#1E1635 #362761 #4E398C #674CB6 #8C78C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E398C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E398C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E398C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E398C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E398C	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03498F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B468A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e398c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.132 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470ae',
    500: '#4e398c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e398c;
$custom-light: #8470ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e398c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.181,
    "s": 42.132,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4135,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E398C

secondary

#A1B170

accent

#D256B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E398C

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

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