#4E357A#4E357A

#4E357A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.113 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E357A
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 122)
HSL	hsl(262, 39%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 57%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 56.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 27.49, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 44.91, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0527 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.113 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9270, 5.5709, 19.0662)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E357A #617A35

analogous

#353F7A #4E357A #71357A

triadic

#4E357A #7A4E35 #357A4E

tetradic

#4E357A #7A353F #617A35 #357A71

square

#4E357A #7A353F #617A35 #357A71

split-complementary

#4E357A #7A7135 #3F7A35

monochromatic

#171025 #33224F #4E357A #6948A5 #896BBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E357A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E357A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E357A

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E357A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E357A	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18437C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e357a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.113 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826da1',
    500: '#4e357a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e357a;
$custom-light: #826da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e357a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.739,
    "s": 39.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3934,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E357A

secondary

#8FA764

accent

#CF58A4

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E357A

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

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