#4E408E#4E408E

#4E408E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.124 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E408E
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 54.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 26.52, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 49.22, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.0389 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.124 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8564, 7.2391, 26.4639)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E408E #808E40

analogous

#40598E #4E408E #75408E

triadic

#4E408E #8E4E40 #408E4E

tetradic

#4E408E #8E4059 #808E40 #408E75

square

#4E408E #8E4059 #808E40 #408E75

split-complementary

#4E408E #8E7540 #598E40

monochromatic

#201A3A #372D64 #4E408E #6858B4 #8E82C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#4E408E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E408E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E408E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E408E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E408E	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e408e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.124 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8475af',
    500: '#4e408e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e408e;
$custom-light: #8475af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e408e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42763,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E408E

secondary

#A7B179

accent

#CE5AB9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF5

border

#CAC8CF

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E408E

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

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