#4E355B#4E355B

#4E355B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.070 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E355B
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 91)
HSL	hsl(279, 26%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 41.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, 19.15, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 26.60, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0483 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.07 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3030, 4.9214, 10.5134)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E355B #425B35

analogous

#3B355B #4E355B #5B3555

triadic

#4E355B #5B4E35 #355B4E

tetradic

#4E355B #5B3B35 #425B35 #35555B

square

#4E355B #5B3B35 #425B35 #35555B

split-complementary

#4E355B #555B35 #355B3B

monochromatic

#110B13 #2D1E34 #4E355B #6F4C82 #8F65A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#4E355B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E355B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E355B

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E355B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E355B	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E3D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e355b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.070 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c89',
    500: '#4e355b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e355b;
$custom-light: #806c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e355b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 26.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37417,
    "c": 0.07017,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E355B

secondary

#6F8C60

accent

#C36585

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E355B

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

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