#4E336C#4E336C

#4E336C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.098 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E336C
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 108)
HSL	hsl(268, 36%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 53%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 52.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 24.84, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 38.03, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0546 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.098 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0319, 5.0701, 14.7926)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E336C #516C33

analogous

#33346C #4E336C #6A336C

triadic

#4E336C #6C4E33 #336C4E

tetradic

#4E336C #6C3334 #516C33 #336C6A

square

#4E336C #6C3334 #516C33 #336C6A

split-complementary

#4E336C #6C6A33 #346C33

monochromatic

#120C19 #301F42 #4E336C #6C4796 #8B64B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4E336C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E336C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E336C

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E336C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E336C	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#223F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29406B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e336c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.098 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816b96',
    500: '#4e336c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e336c;
$custom-light: #816b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e336c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38039,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.0507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E336C

secondary

#7F9D5E

accent

#CC5C97

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E336C

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

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