#4E359E#4E359E

#4E359E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.162 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E359E
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 38.15, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 65.68, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.051 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.162 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5848, 6.6341, 33.0639)
Luminance	0.0664 (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

#4E359E #859E35

analogous

#35519E #4E359E #83359E

triadic

#4E359E #9E4E35 #359E4E

tetradic

#4E359E #9E3551 #859E35 #359E83

square

#4E359E #9E3551 #859E35 #359E83

split-complementary

#4E359E #9E8335 #519E35

monochromatic

#211642 #372670 #4E359E #694DC3 #907BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#4E359E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E359E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E359E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E359E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E359E	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e359e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.162 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ebb',
    500: '#4e359e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e359e;
$custom-light: #876ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e359e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42121,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E359E

secondary

#AABB73

accent

#D94FB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E359E

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

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