#4E3560#4E3560

#4E3560 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.077 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3560
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 96)
HSL	hsl(275, 29%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 44.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 20.41, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 29.51, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0494 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.077 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5259, 5.0105, 11.6874)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3560 #476035

analogous

#393560 #4E3560 #60355D

triadic

#4E3560 #604E35 #35604E

tetradic

#4E3560 #603935 #476035 #355D60

square

#4E3560 #603935 #476035 #355D60

split-complementary

#4E3560 #5D6035 #356039

monochromatic

#100B14 #2E1F39 #4E3560 #6E4B87 #8D65AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4E3560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E3560 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3560

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3560	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32405F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.077 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806d8d',
    500: '#4e3560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3560;
$custom-light: #806d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.884,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37693,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3560

secondary

#749160

accent

#C5638C

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3560

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

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