#4E399F#4E399F

#4E399F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.158 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E399F
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 159)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 36.09, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 63.72, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.0467 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.158 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8612, 7.0487, 33.5824)
Luminance	0.0705 (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

#4E399F #8A9F39

analogous

#39579F #4E399F #81399F

triadic

#4E399F #9F4E39 #399F4E

tetradic

#4E399F #9F3957 #8A9F39 #399F81

square

#4E399F #9F3957 #8A9F39 #399F81

split-complementary

#4E399F #9F8139 #579F39

monochromatic

#221945 #382972 #4E399F #6A54C2 #9181D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#4E399F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E399F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E399F

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E399F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E399F	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e399f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.158 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770bc',
    500: '#4e399f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e399f;
$custom-light: #8770bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e399f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42841,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E399F

secondary

#AEBB78

accent

#D751BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E399F

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

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