#4E375A#4E375A

#4E375A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.065 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E375A
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 90)
HSL	hsl(279, 24%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 39%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 17.61, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 24.52, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0446 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.065 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3532, 5.0904, 10.3187)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E375A #435A37

analogous

#3C375A #4E375A #5A3754

triadic

#4E375A #5A4E37 #375A4E

tetradic

#4E375A #5A3C37 #435A37 #37545A

square

#4E375A #5A3C37 #435A37 #37545A

split-complementary

#4E375A #545A37 #375A3C

monochromatic

#100C13 #2D2034 #4E375A #6F4E80 #8F68A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4E375A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E375A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E375A

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E375A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E375A	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#313E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e375a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.065 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e88',
    500: '#4e375a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e375a;
$custom-light: #806e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e375a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37765,
    "c": 0.06476,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E375A

secondary

#708A62

accent

#C16786

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E375A

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

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