#4E359C#4E359C

#4E359C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.159 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E359C
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 66%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 37.54, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 64.55, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0512 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.159 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4140, 6.5658, 32.1646)
Luminance	0.0657 (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

#4E359C #839C35

analogous

#354F9C #4E359C #81359C

triadic

#4E359C #9C4E35 #359C4E

tetradic

#4E359C #9C354F #839C35 #359C81

square

#4E359C #9C354F #839C35 #359C81

split-complementary

#4E359C #9C8135 #4F9C35

monochromatic

#201641 #37256E #4E359C #694CC2 #8F7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E359C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E359C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E359C

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E359C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E359C	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e359c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.159 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876eba',
    500: '#4e359c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e359c;
$custom-light: #876eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e359c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.563,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41953,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E359C

secondary

#A9BA72

accent

#D94FB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E359C

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

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