#4E357C#4E357C

#4E357C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.116 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E357C
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 124)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 57.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 28.07, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 46.09, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0528 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.116 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.0522, 5.6210, 19.7256)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E357C #637C35

analogous

#353F7C #4E357C #72357C

triadic

#4E357C #7C4E35 #357C4E

tetradic

#4E357C #7C353F #637C35 #357C72

square

#4E357C #7C353F #637C35 #357C72

split-complementary

#4E357C #7C7235 #3F7C35

monochromatic

#181026 #332351 #4E357C #6947A7 #896BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4E357C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E357C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E357C

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E357C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E357C	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E427A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e357c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.116 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836da2',
    500: '#4e357c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e357c;
$custom-light: #836da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e357c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 40.113,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3948,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.05621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E357C

secondary

#90A865

accent

#D058A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E357C

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

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