#4E3566#4E3566

#4E3566 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.085 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3566
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 102)
HSL	hsl(271, 32%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 48%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 48%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, 21.97, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 33.05, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0506 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.085 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8128, 5.1253, 13.1982)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3566 #4D6635

analogous

#353566 #4E3566 #663565

triadic

#4E3566 #664E35 #35664E

tetradic

#4E3566 #663535 #4D6635 #356566

square

#4E3566 #663535 #4D6635 #356566

split-complementary

#4E3566 #656635 #356635

monochromatic

#100B15 #2F203E #4E3566 #6D4A8E #8B66AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#4E3566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E3566 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3566

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3566	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#293F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.085 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816d92',
    500: '#4e3566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3566;
$custom-light: #816d92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38042,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3566

secondary

#7B9760

accent

#C86093

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3566

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

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