#4E407B#4E407B

#4E407B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.096 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E407B
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 123)
HSL	hsl(254, 32%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 48%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 20.79, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 37.82, 303.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.0371 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.096 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5495, 6.7164, 19.5810)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E407B #6D7B40

analogous

#40507B #4E407B #6C407B

triadic

#4E407B #7B4E40 #407B4E

tetradic

#4E407B #7B4050 #6D7B40 #407B6C

square

#4E407B #7B4050 #6D7B40 #407B6C

split-complementary

#4E407B #7B6C40 #507B40

monochromatic

#1B162A #342B53 #4E407B #6855A3 #8A7BBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E407B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E407B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E407B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E407B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E407B	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C4A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E487A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e407b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.096 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a1',
    500: '#4e407b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e407b;
$custom-light: #8275a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e407b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 31.551,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41485,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E407B

secondary

#99A572

accent

#C860AF

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF3

border

#CAC8CD

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E407B

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

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