#4E407D#4E407D

#4E407D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.099 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E407D
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 125)
HSL	hsl(254, 32%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(254, 49%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 48.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 21.38, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 39.03, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.0374 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.099 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6760, 6.7670, 20.2471)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E407D #6F7D40

analogous

#40517D #4E407D #6C407D

triadic

#4E407D #7D4E40 #407D4E

tetradic

#4E407D #7D4051 #6F7D40 #407D6C

square

#4E407D #7D4051 #6F7D40 #407D6C

split-complementary

#4E407D #7D6C40 #517D40

monochromatic

#1B172C #352B55 #4E407D #6755A5 #8A7CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#4E407D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E407D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E407D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E407D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E407D	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A4A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C487C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e407d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.099 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a3',
    500: '#4e407d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e407d;
$custom-light: #8275a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e407d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 32.275,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41612,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E407D

secondary

#9AA673

accent

#C85FB0

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E407D

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

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