#4E355E#4E355E

#4E355E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.074 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E355E
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 28%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 44%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 43.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.66, 19.90, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.66, 28.34, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.049 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.074 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4350, 4.9742, 11.2086)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E355E #455E35

analogous

#3A355E #4E355E #5E355A

triadic

#4E355E #5E4E35 #355E4E

tetradic

#4E355E #5E3A35 #455E35 #355A5E

square

#4E355E #5E3A35 #455E35 #355A5E

split-complementary

#4E355E #5A5E35 #355E3A

monochromatic

#100B14 #2E1F37 #4E355E #6E4B85 #8E65A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#4E355E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E355E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E355E

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E355E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E355E	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D3E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33405D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e355e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.074 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806d8c',
    500: '#4e355e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e355e;
$custom-light: #806d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e355e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 27.891,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37581,
    "c": 0.07431,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E355E

secondary

#728F60

accent

#C46489

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E355E

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

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