#4E398E#4E398E

#4E398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.135 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E398E
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 30.91, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 53.94, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% 0.0477 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.135 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4861, 6.4986, 26.3405)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E398E #798E39

analogous

#394E8E #4E398E #79398E

triadic

#4E398E #8E4E39 #398E4E

tetradic

#4E398E #8E394E #798E39 #398E79

square

#4E398E #8E394E #798E39 #398E79

split-complementary

#4E398E #8E7939 #4E8E39

monochromatic

#1E1637 #362762 #4E398E #674DB7 #8C78C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#4E398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E398E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E398E	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.135 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470b0',
    500: '#4e398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e398e;
$custom-light: #8470b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.824,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.415,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E398E

secondary

#A2B271

accent

#D255B4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E398E

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

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