#4E355C#4E355C

#4E355C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.072 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E355C
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 92)
HSL	hsl(278, 27%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 42%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 42.4%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 19.40, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 27.18, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.0485 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.072 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3464, 4.9387, 10.7421)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E355C #435C35

analogous

#3A355C #4E355C #5C3556

triadic

#4E355C #5C4E35 #355C4E

tetradic

#4E355C #5C3A35 #435C35 #35565C

square

#4E355C #5C3A35 #435C35 #35565C

split-complementary

#4E355C #565C35 #355C3A

monochromatic

#100B13 #2D1F35 #4E355C #6F4B83 #8F65A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#4E355C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E355C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E355C

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E355C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E355C	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E3D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e355c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.072 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c8a',
    500: '#4e355c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e355c;
$custom-light: #806c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e355c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 26.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37471,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E355C

secondary

#708D60

accent

#C36587

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E355C

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

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