#4E4170#4E4170

#4E4170 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.078 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4170
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 112)
HSL	hsl(257, 27%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 42%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 42%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 16.97, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 30.40, 303.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.0336 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.078 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9561, 6.5700, 16.1751)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4170 #637041

analogous

#414B70 #4E4170 #664170

triadic

#4E4170 #704E41 #41704E

tetradic

#4E4170 #70414B #637041 #417066

square

#4E4170 #70414B #637041 #417066

split-complementary

#4E4170 #706641 #4B7041

monochromatic

#181423 #332B49 #4E4170 #695797 #897AB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E4170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4170

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4170	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36486F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.078 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817599',
    500: '#4e4170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4170;
$custom-light: #817599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 26.554,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41025,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4170

secondary

#909D70

accent

#C365A9

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4170

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

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