#4E358E#4E358E

#4E358E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.141 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E358E
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 62.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 33.34, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 56.58, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0525 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.141 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2961, 6.1186, 26.2772)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E358E #758E35

analogous

#35488E #4E358E #7A358E

triadic

#4E358E #8E4E35 #358E4E

tetradic

#4E358E #8E3548 #758E35 #358E7A

square

#4E358E #8E3548 #758E35 #358E7A

split-complementary

#4E358E #8E7A35 #488E35

monochromatic

#1D1435 #362461 #4E358E #6746BA #8B73CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4E358E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E358E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E358E

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E358E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E358E	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C495C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e358e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.141 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db0',
    500: '#4e358e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e358e;
$custom-light: #856db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e358e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.854,
    "s": 45.641,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40821,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E358E

secondary

#9FB36C

accent

#D552B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E358E

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

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