#4E355D#4E355D

#4E355D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.073 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E355D
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 93)
HSL	hsl(278, 27%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 43%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 43%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 19.65, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 27.76, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0488 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.073 312)
XYZ	xyz(6.3904, 4.9563, 10.9738)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E355D #445D35

analogous

#3A355D #4E355D #5D3558

triadic

#4E355D #5D4E35 #355D4E

tetradic

#4E355D #5D3A35 #445D35 #35585D

square

#4E355D #5D3A35 #445D35 #35585D

split-complementary

#4E355D #585D35 #355D3A

monochromatic

#100B13 #2D1F36 #4E355D #6F4B84 #8E65A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4E355D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E355D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E355D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E355D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E355D	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D3E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e355d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.073 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c8b',
    500: '#4e355d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e355d;
$custom-light: #806c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e355d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 27.397,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37526,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.04956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E355D

secondary

#718E60

accent

#C46488

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E355D

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

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