#4E408A#4E408A

#4E408A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.118 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E408A
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 138)
HSL	hsl(251, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 53.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 25.29, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 46.84, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.0387 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.118 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.5614, 7.1211, 24.9106)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E408A #7C8A40

analogous

#40578A #4E408A #73408A

triadic

#4E408A #8A4E40 #408A4E

tetradic

#4E408A #8A4057 #7C8A40 #408A73

square

#4E408A #8A4057 #7C8A40 #408A73

split-complementary

#4E408A #8A7340 #578A40

monochromatic

#1F1936 #362D60 #4E408A #6756B1 #8D80C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E408A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E408A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E408A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E408A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E408A	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e408a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.118 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8375ad',
    500: '#4e408a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e408a;
$custom-light: #8375ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e408a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42481,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.07121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E408A

secondary

#A4AF77

accent

#CD5BB7

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E408A

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

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