#4E358C#4E358C

#4E358C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.138 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E358C
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 140)
HSL	hsl(257, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 62.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, 32.75, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 55.43, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0526 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.138 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1473, 6.0591, 25.4934)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E358C #738C35

analogous

#35488C #4E358C #79358C

triadic

#4E358C #8C4E35 #358C4E

tetradic

#4E358C #8C3548 #738C35 #358C79

square

#4E358C #8C3548 #738C35 #358C79

split-complementary

#4E358C #8C7935 #488C35

monochromatic

#1D1333 #352460 #4E358C #6746B8 #8B72CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E358C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E358C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E358C

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E358C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E358C	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D495B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e358c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.138 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846dae',
    500: '#4e358c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e358c;
$custom-light: #846dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e358c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.241,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40666,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E358C

secondary

#9EB26B

accent

#D553AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E358C

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

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