#4E375E#4E375E

#4E375E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.070 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E375E
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 94)
HSL	hsl(275, 26%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 41%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 41.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 18.61, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 26.86, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0456 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.07 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5281, 5.1603, 11.2396)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E375E #475E37

analogous

#3B375E #4E375E #5E375B

triadic

#4E375E #5E4E37 #375E4E

tetradic

#4E375E #5E3B37 #475E37 #375B5E

square

#4E375E #5E3B37 #475E37 #375B5E

split-complementary

#4E375E #5B5E37 #375E3B

monochromatic

#100B13 #2E2037 #4E375E #6E4E85 #8D68A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4E375E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E375E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E375E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E375E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E375E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35415D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e375e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.070 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e8c',
    500: '#4e375e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e375e;
$custom-light: #806e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e375e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 26.174,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37978,
    "c": 0.07033,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E375E

secondary

#748E62

accent

#C3658C

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E375E

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