#4E359D#4E359D

#4E359D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.160 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E359D
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 37.85, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 65.12, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.0511 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.16 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4990, 6.5998, 32.6124)
Luminance	0.0660 (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

#4E359D #849D35

analogous

#35509D #4E359D #82359D

triadic

#4E359D #9D4E35 #359D4E

tetradic

#4E359D #9D3550 #849D35 #359D82

square

#4E359D #9D3550 #849D35 #359D82

split-complementary

#4E359D #9D8235 #509D35

monochromatic

#211641 #37266F #4E359D #694CC3 #8F7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#4E359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E359D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E359D	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.160 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ebb',
    500: '#4e359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e359d;
$custom-light: #876ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.423,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42037,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E359D

secondary

#AABB73

accent

#D94FB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E359D

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

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