#4E408C#4E408C

#4E408C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.121 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E408C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 140)
HSL	hsl(251, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 25.91, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 48.03, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.0388 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.121 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7076, 7.1796, 25.6802)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E408C #7E8C40

analogous

#40588C #4E408C #74408C

triadic

#4E408C #8C4E40 #408C4E

tetradic

#4E408C #8C4058 #7E8C40 #408C74

square

#4E408C #8C4058 #7E8C40 #408C74

split-complementary

#4E408C #8C7440 #588C40

monochromatic

#1F1A38 #372D62 #4E408C #6857B2 #8E81C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#4E408C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E408C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E408C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E408C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E408C	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e408c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.121 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8475ae',
    500: '#4e408c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e408c;
$custom-light: #8475ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e408c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42621,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E408C

secondary

#A6B078

accent

#CD5BB8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E408C

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

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