#4E336B#4E336B

#4E336B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.096 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E336B
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 107)
HSL	hsl(269, 35%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 52%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 52.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 24.57, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 37.44, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0544 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.096 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9790, 5.0489, 14.5139)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E336B #506B33

analogous

#33346B #4E336B #6A336B

triadic

#4E336B #6B4E33 #336B4E

tetradic

#4E336B #6B3334 #506B33 #336B6A

square

#4E336B #6B3334 #506B33 #336B6A

split-complementary

#4E336B #6B6A33 #346B33

monochromatic

#120B18 #301F42 #4E336B #6C4794 #8B64B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#4E336B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E336B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E336B

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E336B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E336B	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#223F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A406A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e336b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.096 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816b96',
    500: '#4e336b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e336b;
$custom-light: #816b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e336b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 35.443,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37975,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E336B

secondary

#7E9C5E

accent

#CB5C96

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E336B

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

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