#4E4079#4E4079

#4E4079 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.093 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4079
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 121)
HSL	hsl(255, 31%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 47%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 47.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 20.20, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 36.60, 303.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.36% 0.0368 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(41.36% 0.093 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4256, 6.6668, 18.9284)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4079 #6B7940

analogous

#404F79 #4E4079 #6B4079

triadic

#4E4079 #794E40 #40794E

tetradic

#4E4079 #79404F #6B7940 #40796B

square

#4E4079 #79404F #6B7940 #40796B

split-complementary

#4E4079 #796B40 #4F7940

monochromatic

#1A1629 #342B51 #4E4079 #6855A1 #8A7AB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4E4079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4079 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4079

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4079	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.093 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a0',
    500: '#4e4079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4079;
$custom-light: #8275a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 30.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4136,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4079

secondary

#97A471

accent

#C761AE

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4079

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

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