#4E407E#4E407E

#4E407E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.101 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E407E
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 126)
HSL	hsl(254, 33%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(254, 49%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 49.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 21.67, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 39.63, 303.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.0375 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.101 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7402, 6.7926, 20.5852)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E407E #707E40

analogous

#40517E #4E407E #6D407E

triadic

#4E407E #7E4E40 #407E4E

tetradic

#4E407E #7E4051 #707E40 #407E6D

square

#4E407E #7E4051 #707E40 #407E6D

split-complementary

#4E407E #7E6D40 #517E40

monochromatic

#1C172D #352B55 #4E407E #6755A7 #8B7CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E407E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E407E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E407E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E407E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E407E	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A4B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B487D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e407e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.101 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a4',
    500: '#4e407e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e407e;
$custom-light: #8275a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e407e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 32.632,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41677,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E407E

secondary

#9BA773

accent

#C95FB1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E407E

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

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