#4E408B#4E408B

#4E408B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.120 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E408B
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 139)
HSL	hsl(251, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 54%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 25.60, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 47.44, 302.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.0387 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.12 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6342, 7.1502, 25.2936)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E408B #7D8B40

analogous

#40588B #4E408B #74408B

triadic

#4E408B #8B4E40 #408B4E

tetradic

#4E408B #8B4058 #7D8B40 #408B74

square

#4E408B #8B4058 #7D8B40 #408B74

split-complementary

#4E408B #8B7440 #588B40

monochromatic

#1F1937 #362D61 #4E408B #6857B2 #8D81C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4E408B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E408B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E408B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E408B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E408B	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e408b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.120 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8475ad',
    500: '#4e408b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e408b;
$custom-light: #8475ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e408b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.2,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42551,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E408B

secondary

#A5AF78

accent

#CD5BB8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E408B

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

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