#4E399D#4E399D

#4E399D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.155 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E399D
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 157)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 35.48, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 62.58, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0469 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.155 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6890, 6.9798, 32.6758)
Luminance	0.0698 (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

#4E399D #889D39

analogous

#39569D #4E399D #80399D

triadic

#4E399D #9D4E39 #399D4E

tetradic

#4E399D #9D3956 #889D39 #399D80

square

#4E399D #9D3956 #889D39 #399D80

split-complementary

#4E399D #9D8039 #569D39

monochromatic

#211843 #382970 #4E399D #6A53C0 #9180D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E399D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E399D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E399D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E399D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E399D	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e399d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.155 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670bb',
    500: '#4e399d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e399d;
$custom-light: #8670bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e399d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.6,
    "s": 46.729,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42677,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E399D

secondary

#ACBA78

accent

#D651BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E399D

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

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