#4E358F#4E358F

#4E358F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.142 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E358F
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 33.64, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 57.15, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0524 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.142 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3715, 6.1488, 26.6743)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E358F #768F35

analogous

#35498F #4E358F #7B358F

triadic

#4E358F #8F4E35 #358F4E

tetradic

#4E358F #8F3549 #768F35 #358F7B

square

#4E358F #8F3549 #768F35 #358F7B

split-complementary

#4E358F #8F7B35 #498F35

monochromatic

#1D1436 #362462 #4E358F #6747BB #8C73CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E358F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E358F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E358F

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E358F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E358F	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e358f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.142 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db0',
    500: '#4e358f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e358f;
$custom-light: #856db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e358f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 45.918,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.409,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E358F

secondary

#A0B46C

accent

#D652B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E358F

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

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