#4E359B#4E359B

#4E359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.158 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E359B
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 37.24, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 63.99, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0514 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.158 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.3297, 6.5320, 31.7205)
Luminance	0.0653 (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

#4E359B #829B35

analogous

#354F9B #4E359B #81359B

triadic

#4E359B #9B4E35 #359B4E

tetradic

#4E359B #9B354F #829B35 #359B81

square

#4E359B #9B354F #829B35 #359B81

split-complementary

#4E359B #9B8135 #4F9B35

monochromatic

#201640 #37256D #4E359B #684CC2 #8F79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E359B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E359B	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.158 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb9',
    500: '#4e359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e359b;
$custom-light: #866eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.706,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4187,
    "c": 0.15768,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E359B

secondary

#A8BA72

accent

#D94FB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E359B

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

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