#4E408F#4E408F

#4E408F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.126 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E408F
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 143)
HSL	hsl(251, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 55.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 26.83, -41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 49.81, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.0389 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.126 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9318, 7.2693, 26.8611)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E408F #818F40

analogous

#40598F #4E408F #75408F

triadic

#4E408F #8F4E40 #408F4E

tetradic

#4E408F #8F4059 #818F40 #408F75

square

#4E408F #8F4059 #818F40 #408F75

split-complementary

#4E408F #8F7540 #598F40

monochromatic

#201A3A #372D65 #4E408F #6858B4 #8E82C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E408F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E408F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E408F

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E408F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E408F	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e408f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.126 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8475b0',
    500: '#4e408f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e408f;
$custom-light: #8475b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e408f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.633,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42834,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E408F

secondary

#A8B279

accent

#CE5AB9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF5

border

#CAC8CF

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E408F

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

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