#4E356E#4E356E

#4E356E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.097 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E356E
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 110)
HSL	hsl(266, 35%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 52%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 51.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 24.13, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 37.80, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0517 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.097 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2288, 5.2917, 15.3894)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E356E #556E35

analogous

#35396E #4E356E #6B356E

triadic

#4E356E #6E4E35 #356E4E

tetradic

#4E356E #6E3539 #556E35 #356E6B

square

#4E356E #6E3539 #556E35 #356E6B

split-complementary

#4E356E #6E6B35 #396E35

monochromatic

#130D1B #312145 #4E356E #6B4997 #8A67B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#4E356E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E356E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E356E

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E356E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E356E	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#234170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A416D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e356e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.097 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816d98',
    500: '#4e356e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e356e;
$custom-light: #816d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e356e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 34.969,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38537,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E356E

secondary

#839F60

accent

#CB5D9B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E356E

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

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