#4E359F#4E359F

#4E359F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.163 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E359F
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 38.45, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 66.24, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.0509 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.163 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6712, 6.6686, 33.5191)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#4E359F #869F35

analogous

#35519F #4E359F #83359F

triadic

#4E359F #9F4E35 #359F4E

tetradic

#4E359F #9F3551 #869F35 #359F83

square

#4E359F #9F3551 #869F35 #359F83

split-complementary

#4E359F #9F8335 #519F35

monochromatic

#211643 #372671 #4E359F #694DC4 #907BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4E359F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E359F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E359F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E359F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E359F	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e359f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.163 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ebc',
    500: '#4e359f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e359f;
$custom-light: #876ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e359f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.151,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42205,
    "c": 0.16282,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E359F

secondary

#ABBC74

accent

#DA4EB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E359F

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

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