#4E408D#4E408D

#4E408D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.123 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E408D
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 54.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, 26.21, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 48.62, 302.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.0388 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.123 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7816, 7.2092, 26.0703)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E408D #7F8D40

analogous

#40588D #4E408D #74408D

triadic

#4E408D #8D4E40 #408D4E

tetradic

#4E408D #8D4058 #7F8D40 #408D74

square

#4E408D #8D4058 #7F8D40 #408D74

split-complementary

#4E408D #8D7440 #588D40

monochromatic

#1F1A39 #372D63 #4E408D #6857B3 #8E81C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#4E408D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E408D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E408D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E408D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E408D	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e408d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.123 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8475af',
    500: '#4e408d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e408d;
$custom-light: #8475af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e408d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42692,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E408D

secondary

#A6B078

accent

#CE5AB9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E408D

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

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