#4E398F#4E398F

#4E398F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.136 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E398F
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 143)
HSL	hsl(255, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 60.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 31.21, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 54.52, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0476 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.136 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5616, 6.5288, 26.7377)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E398F #7A8F39

analogous

#394F8F #4E398F #79398F

triadic

#4E398F #8F4E39 #398F4E

tetradic

#4E398F #8F394F #7A8F39 #398F79

square

#4E398F #8F394F #7A8F39 #398F79

split-complementary

#4E398F #8F7939 #4F8F39

monochromatic

#1E1637 #362863 #4E398F #674DB8 #8D79CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E398F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E398F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E398F

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E398F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E398F	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02468D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e398f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.136 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570b0',
    500: '#4e398f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e398f;
$custom-light: #8570b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e398f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.651,
    "s": 43,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41576,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E398F

secondary

#A3B371

accent

#D355B4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E398F

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

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