#4E375B#4E375B

#4E375B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.066 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E375B
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 91)
HSL	hsl(278, 25%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 39.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 17.86, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 25.10, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0449 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.066 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3961, 5.1075, 10.5444)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E375B #445B37

analogous

#3C375B #4E375B #5B3756

triadic

#4E375B #5B4E37 #375B4E

tetradic

#4E375B #5B3C37 #445B37 #37565B

square

#4E375B #5B3C37 #445B37 #37565B

split-complementary

#4E375B #565B37 #375B3C

monochromatic

#100C13 #2D2035 #4E375B #6F4E81 #8E68A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#4E375B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E375B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E375B

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E375B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E375B	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#313F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36405A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e375b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.066 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e89',
    500: '#4e375b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e375b;
$custom-light: #806e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e375b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 24.658,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37817,
    "c": 0.06614,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E375B

secondary

#718B62

accent

#C16787

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E375B

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

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