#4E355F#4E355F

#4E355F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.076 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E355F
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 95)
HSL	hsl(276, 28%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 44%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 44.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 20.16, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 28.93, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0492 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.076 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4802, 4.9922, 11.4465)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E355F #465F35

analogous

#39355F #4E355F #5F355B

triadic

#4E355F #5F4E35 #355F4E

tetradic

#4E355F #5F3935 #465F35 #355B5F

square

#4E355F #5F3935 #465F35 #355B5F

split-complementary

#4E355F #5B5F35 #355F39

monochromatic

#100B14 #2E1F38 #4E355F #6E4B86 #8E65A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4E355F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E355F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E355F

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E355F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E355F	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33405E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e355f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.076 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806d8c',
    500: '#4e355f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e355f;
$custom-light: #806d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e355f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 28.378,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37637,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E355F

secondary

#739060

accent

#C5638B

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E355F

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

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