#4E3563#4E3563

#4E3563 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.081 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3563
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 99)
HSL	hsl(273, 30%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 46%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 46.5%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 21.18, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 31.28, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.05 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.081 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.6667, 5.0668, 12.4288)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3563 #4A6335

analogous

#373563 #4E3563 #633561

triadic

#4E3563 #634E35 #35634E

tetradic

#4E3563 #633735 #4A6335 #356163

square

#4E3563 #633735 #4A6335 #356163

split-complementary

#4E3563 #616335 #356337

monochromatic

#100B14 #2F203B #4E3563 #6D4A8B #8C66AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4E3563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E3563 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3563

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3563	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A3F65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.081 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816d8f',
    500: '#4e3563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3563;
$custom-light: #816d8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 30.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37865,
    "c": 0.08126,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.05067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3563

secondary

#789460

accent

#C66190

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3563

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

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