#4E4090#4E4090

#4E4090 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.127 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4090
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 144)
HSL	hsl(251, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 55.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 27.14, -42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 50.40, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.039 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.127 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0079, 7.2997, 27.2618)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4090 #829040

analogous

#405A90 #4E4090 #764090

triadic

#4E4090 #904E40 #40904E

tetradic

#4E4090 #90405A #829040 #409076

square

#4E4090 #90405A #829040 #409076

split-complementary

#4E4090 #907640 #5A9040

monochromatic

#201A3B #372D66 #4E4090 #6858B5 #8F83C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#4E4090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E4090 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4090

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4090	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.127 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8475b1',
    500: '#4e4090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4090;
$custom-light: #8475b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42906,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4090

secondary

#A8B27A

accent

#CE59BA

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF5

border

#CAC8CF

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4090

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

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