#4E375F#4E375F

#4E375F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.072 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E375F
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 95)
HSL	hsl(275, 27%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 42%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 42.1%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 18.87, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 27.45, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.0459 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.072 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5733, 5.1784, 11.4775)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E375F #485F37

analogous

#3A375F #4E375F #5F375C

triadic

#4E375F #5F4E37 #375F4E

tetradic

#4E375F #5F3A37 #485F37 #375C5F

square

#4E375F #5F3A37 #485F37 #375C5F

split-complementary

#4E375F #5C5F37 #375F3A

monochromatic

#100B13 #2E2138 #4E375F #6E4D86 #8D69A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#4E375F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E375F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E375F

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E375F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E375F	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34415E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e375f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.072 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e8c',
    500: '#4e375f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e375f;
$custom-light: #806e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e375f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38032,
    "c": 0.07174,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E375F

secondary

#768F62

accent

#C3658D

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E375F

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

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