#4E407C#4E407C

#4E407C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.098 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E407C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 124)
HSL	hsl(254, 32%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 48.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 21.08, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 38.42, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% 0.0372 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.098 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6124, 6.7415, 19.9124)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E407C #6E7C40

analogous

#40507C #4E407C #6C407C

triadic

#4E407C #7C4E40 #407C4E

tetradic

#4E407C #7C4050 #6E7C40 #407C6C

square

#4E407C #7C4050 #6E7C40 #407C6C

split-complementary

#4E407C #7C6C40 #507C40

monochromatic

#1B162B #352B54 #4E407C #6755A4 #8A7BBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E407C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E407C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E407C

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E407C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E407C	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D487B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e407c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.098 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a2',
    500: '#4e407c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e407c;
$custom-light: #8275a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e407c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41549,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E407C

secondary

#9AA672

accent

#C860B0

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF3

border

#CAC8CD

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E407C

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

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