#4E358D#4E358D

#4E358D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.139 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E358D
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.64, 33.05, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.64, 56.00, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0526 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.139 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2214, 6.0887, 25.8835)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E358D #748D35

analogous

#35488D #4E358D #7A358D

triadic

#4E358D #8D4E35 #358D4E

tetradic

#4E358D #8D3548 #748D35 #358D7A

square

#4E358D #8D3548 #748D35 #358D7A

split-complementary

#4E358D #8D7A35 #488D35

monochromatic

#1D1434 #352461 #4E358D #6746B9 #8B72CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4E358D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E358D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E358D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E358D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E358D	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C495C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e358d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.139 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856daf',
    500: '#4e358d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e358d;
$custom-light: #856daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e358d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.045,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40743,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E358D

secondary

#9EB26B

accent

#D553B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E358D

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

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