#4E407A#4E407A

#4E407A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.095 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E407A
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 122)
HSL	hsl(254, 31%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 47.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 20.49, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 37.21, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0369 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.095 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4872, 6.6915, 19.2530)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E407A #6C7A40

analogous

#404F7A #4E407A #6B407A

triadic

#4E407A #7A4E40 #407A4E

tetradic

#4E407A #7A404F #6C7A40 #407A6B

square

#4E407A #7A404F #6C7A40 #407A6B

split-complementary

#4E407A #7A6B40 #4F7A40

monochromatic

#1B162A #342B52 #4E407A #6855A2 #8A7BBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E407A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E407A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E407A

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E407A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E407A	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C4A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e407a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.095 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a1',
    500: '#4e407a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e407a;
$custom-light: #8275a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e407a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 31.183,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41422,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E407A

secondary

#98A472

accent

#C760AF

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E407A

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

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