#4E399B#4E399B

#4E399B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.152 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E399B
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 34.86, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 61.44, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.047 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.152 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.5197, 6.9121, 31.7839)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E399B #869B39

analogous

#39559B #4E399B #7F399B

triadic

#4E399B #9B4E39 #399B4E

tetradic

#4E399B #9B3955 #869B39 #399B7F

square

#4E399B #9B3955 #869B39 #399B7F

split-complementary

#4E399B #9B7F39 #559B39

monochromatic

#211842 #37296E #4E399B #6952BF #907FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E399B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E399B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E399B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E399B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E399B	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e399b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.152 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b9',
    500: '#4e399b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e399b;
$custom-light: #8670b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e399b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 46.226,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42516,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.06913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E399B

secondary

#ABB977

accent

#D652BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E399B

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

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