#4E335E#4E335E

#4E335E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.078 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E335E
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 30%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 46%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 45.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 21.18, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 29.82, 315.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.0523 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.078 312)
XYZ	xyz(6.3457, 4.7956, 11.1789)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E335E #435E33

analogous

#38335E #4E335E #5E3358

triadic

#4E335E #5E4E33 #335E4E

tetradic

#4E335E #5E3833 #435E33 #33585E

square

#4E335E #5E3833 #435E33 #33585E

split-complementary

#4E335E #585E33 #335E38

monochromatic

#100B14 #2D1D36 #4E335E #6F4986 #8F62AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4E335E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E335E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E335E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E335E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E335E	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A3C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e335e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.078 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806b8c',
    500: '#4e335e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e335e;
$custom-light: #806b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e335e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 29.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37192,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.04796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E335E

secondary

#708F5E

accent

#C66287

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E335E

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

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