#4E398D#4E398D

#4E398D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.133 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E398D
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 30.60, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 53.36, 305.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.0477 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.133 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4114, 6.4687, 25.9469)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E398D #788D39

analogous

#394E8D #4E398D #78398D

triadic

#4E398D #8D4E39 #398D4E

tetradic

#4E398D #8D394E #788D39 #398D78

square

#4E398D #8D394E #788D39 #398D78

split-complementary

#4E398D #8D7839 #4E8D39

monochromatic

#1E1636 #362761 #4E398D #674CB7 #8C78C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E398D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E398D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E398D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E398D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E398D	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e398d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.133 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470af',
    500: '#4e398d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e398d;
$custom-light: #8470af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e398d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41425,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E398D

secondary

#A1B270

accent

#D256B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E398D

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

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