#4E3561#4E3561

#4E3561 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.078 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3561
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 97)
HSL	hsl(274, 29%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 45%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 45.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 20.67, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 30.10, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% 0.0496 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.078 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5723, 5.0291, 11.9314)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3561 #486135

analogous

#383561 #4E3561 #61355E

triadic

#4E3561 #614E35 #35614E

tetradic

#4E3561 #613835 #486135 #355E61

square

#4E3561 #613835 #486135 #355E61

split-complementary

#4E3561 #5E6135 #356138

monochromatic

#100B14 #2E1F39 #4E3561 #6E4B89 #8D65AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4E3561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E3561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3561

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3561	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B3E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.078 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806d8e',
    500: '#4e3561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3561;
$custom-light: #806d8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3775,
    "c": 0.07847,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3561

secondary

#769260

accent

#C6628D

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3561

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

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