#4E356F#4E356F

#4E356F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.098 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E356F
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 111)
HSL	hsl(266, 35%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 52%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 52.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 24.40, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 38.39, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0519 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.098 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2836, 5.3136, 15.6777)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E356F #566F35

analogous

#35396F #4E356F #6B356F

triadic

#4E356F #6F4E35 #356F4E

tetradic

#4E356F #6F3539 #566F35 #356F6B

square

#4E356F #6F3539 #566F35 #356F6B

split-complementary

#4E356F #6F6B35 #396F35

monochromatic

#140D1C #312146 #4E356F #6B4998 #8A68B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E356F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E356F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E356F

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E356F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E356F	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#234171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29416E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e356f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.098 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816d98',
    500: '#4e356f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e356f;
$custom-light: #816d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e356f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 35.366,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38601,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E356F

secondary

#849F60

accent

#CB5C9C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E356F

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

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