#4E407F#4E407F

#4E407F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.102 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E407F
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 127)
HSL	hsl(253, 33%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 50%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 49.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 21.97, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 40.24, 303.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.0376 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.102 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8050, 6.8186, 20.9268)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E407F #717F40

analogous

#40527F #4E407F #6D407F

triadic

#4E407F #7F4E40 #407F4E

tetradic

#4E407F #7F4052 #717F40 #407F6D

square

#4E407F #7F4052 #717F40 #407F6D

split-complementary

#4E407F #7F6D40 #527F40

monochromatic

#1C172E #352B56 #4E407F #6755A8 #8B7CBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E407F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E407F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E407F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E407F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E407F	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#294B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B497E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e407f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.102 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a4',
    500: '#4e407f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e407f;
$custom-light: #8275a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e407f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 32.984,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41741,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E407F

secondary

#9CA873

accent

#C95FB1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E407F

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

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