#4E359A#4E359A

#4E359A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.156 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E359A
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 65.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 36.94, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 63.43, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.0515 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.156 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2460, 6.4986, 31.2801)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E359A #819A35

analogous

#354F9A #4E359A #80359A

triadic

#4E359A #9A4E35 #359A4E

tetradic

#4E359A #9A354F #819A35 #359A80

square

#4E359A #9A354F #819A35 #359A80

split-complementary

#4E359A #9A8035 #4F9A35

monochromatic

#20163F #37256C #4E359A #684BC1 #8E79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#4E359A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E359A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E359A

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E359A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E359A	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e359a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.156 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb9',
    500: '#4e359a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e359a;
$custom-light: #866eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e359a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.851,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41787,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E359A

secondary

#A8B971

accent

#D84FB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E359A

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

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