#4E357B#4E357B

#4E357B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.115 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E357B
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 123)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 56.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 27.78, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 45.50, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.0527 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.115 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9892, 5.5959, 19.3942)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E357B #627B35

analogous

#353F7B #4E357B #71357B

triadic

#4E357B #7B4E35 #357B4E

tetradic

#4E357B #7B353F #627B35 #357B71

square

#4E357B #7B353F #627B35 #357B71

split-complementary

#4E357B #7B7135 #3F7B35

monochromatic

#181025 #332350 #4E357B #6947A6 #896BBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4E357B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E357B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E357B

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E357B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E357B	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17437D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e357b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.115 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826da2',
    500: '#4e357b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e357b;
$custom-light: #826da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e357b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 39.773,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3941,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E357B

secondary

#90A864

accent

#D058A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E357B

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

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