#4E358B#4E358B

#4E358B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.137 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E358B
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 61.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.49, 32.45, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.49, 54.85, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0527 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.137 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0739, 6.0297, 25.1069)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E358B #728B35

analogous

#35478B #4E358B #79358B

triadic

#4E358B #8B4E35 #358B4E

tetradic

#4E358B #8B3547 #728B35 #358B79

square

#4E358B #8B3547 #728B35 #358B79

split-complementary

#4E358B #8B7935 #478B35

monochromatic

#1C1332 #35245F #4E358B #6746B7 #8B71C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4E358B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E358B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E358B

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E358B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E358B	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e358b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.137 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846dad',
    500: '#4e358b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e358b;
$custom-light: #846dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e358b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.442,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40588,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E358B

secondary

#9DB16A

accent

#D453AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E358B

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

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