#4E3960#4E3960

#4E3960 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.069 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3960
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 96)
HSL	hsl(272, 25%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.82, 17.83, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.82, 26.55, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0428 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.069 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7159, 5.3906, 11.7507)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3960 #4B6039

analogous

#3B3960 #4E3960 #60395E

triadic

#4E3960 #604E39 #39604E

tetradic

#4E3960 #603B39 #4B6039 #395E60

square

#4E3960 #603B39 #4B6039 #395E60

split-complementary

#4E3960 #5E6039 #39603B

monochromatic

#100B13 #2F223A #4E3960 #6D5086 #8C6CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#4E3960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E3960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3960

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3960	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36425F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.069 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f8d',
    500: '#4e3960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3960;
$custom-light: #806f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 25.49,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38489,
    "c": 0.06922,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3960

secondary

#799065

accent

#C26690

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3960

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

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