#4E416B#4E416B

#4E416B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.070 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E416B
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 107)
HSL	hsl(259, 24%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 39.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 15.57, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 27.33, 304.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0324 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.07 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6854, 6.4618, 14.7494)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E416B #5E6B41

analogous

#41496B #4E416B #63416B

triadic

#4E416B #6B4E41 #416B4E

tetradic

#4E416B #6B4149 #5E6B41 #416B63

square

#4E416B #6B4149 #5E6B41 #416B63

split-complementary

#4E416B #6B6341 #496B41

monochromatic

#16131F #322A45 #4E416B #6A5891 #8979AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E416B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E416B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E416B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E416B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E416B	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36486D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38476A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e416b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.070 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807595',
    500: '#4e416b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e416b;
$custom-light: #807595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e416b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 24.419,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40743,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E416B

secondary

#8C996F

accent

#C167A5

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF1

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E416B

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

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