#4E3C58#4E3C58

#4E3C58 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.052 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C58
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 88)
HSL	hsl(279, 19%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 32%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 31.8%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.26, 13.88, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.26, 19.57, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0354 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.052 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5189, 5.5561, 9.9596)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C58 #46583C

analogous

#403C58 #4E3C58 #583C54

triadic

#4E3C58 #584E3C #3C584E

tetradic

#4E3C58 #58403C #46583C #3C5458

square

#4E3C58 #58403C #46583C #3C5458

split-complementary

#4E3C58 #54583C #3C5840

monochromatic

#100C12 #2E2334 #4E3C58 #6E557C #8E719E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4E3C58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E3C58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C58

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C58	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.052 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807287',
    500: '#4e3c58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c58;
$custom-light: #807287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38704,
    "c": 0.05169,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C58

secondary

#738868

accent

#BC6C89

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECEF

border

#C9C7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C58

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

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