#4E357D#4E357D

#4E357D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.118 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E357D
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 125)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 58%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 57.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 28.35, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 46.67, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0528 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.118 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1157, 5.6464, 20.0604)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E357D #647D35

analogous

#35407D #4E357D #72357D

triadic

#4E357D #7D4E35 #357D4E

tetradic

#4E357D #7D3540 #647D35 #357D72

square

#4E357D #7D3540 #647D35 #357D72

split-complementary

#4E357D #7D7235 #407D35

monochromatic

#181127 #332352 #4E357D #6947A8 #896CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4E357D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E357D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E357D

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E357D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E357D	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14447F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C427B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e357d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.118 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836da3',
    500: '#4e357d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e357d;
$custom-light: #836da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e357d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 40.449,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39551,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E357D

secondary

#91A965

accent

#D057A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E357D

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

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