#4E375C#4E375C

#4E375C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.068 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E375C
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 92)
HSL	hsl(277, 25%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 40%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 40.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, 18.11, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 25.69, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0451 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.068 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4395, 5.1249, 10.7731)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E375C #455C37

analogous

#3C375C #4E375C #5C3758

triadic

#4E375C #5C4E37 #375C4E

tetradic

#4E375C #5C3C37 #455C37 #37585C

square

#4E375C #5C3C37 #455C37 #37585C

split-complementary

#4E375C #585C37 #375C3C

monochromatic

#100B13 #2E2036 #4E375C #6E4E82 #8E68A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#4E375C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E375C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E375C

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E375C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E375C	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36415B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e375c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.068 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e8a',
    500: '#4e375c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e375c;
$custom-light: #806e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e375c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 25.17,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3787,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E375C

secondary

#728C62

accent

#C26689

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E375C

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