#4E399C#4E399C

#4E399C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.154 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E399C
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 156)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 63.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 35.17, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 62.01, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.047 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.154 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6040, 6.9458, 32.2280)
Luminance	0.0695 (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

#4E399C #879C39

analogous

#39569C #4E399C #80399C

triadic

#4E399C #9C4E39 #399C4E

tetradic

#4E399C #9C3956 #879C39 #399C80

square

#4E399C #9C3956 #879C39 #399C80

split-complementary

#4E399C #9C8039 #569C39

monochromatic

#211842 #38296F #4E399C #6A52C0 #907FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E399C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E399C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E399C

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E399C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E399C	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e399c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.154 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670ba',
    500: '#4e399c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e399c;
$custom-light: #8670ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e399c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42596,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E399C

secondary

#ACBA77

accent

#D652BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E399C

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

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