#4E4174#4E4174

#4E4174 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.084 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4174
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 116)
HSL	hsl(255, 28%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 44%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 18.10, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 32.85, 303.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.0344 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.084 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1838, 6.6611, 17.3742)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4174 #677441

analogous

#414D74 #4E4174 #674174

triadic

#4E4174 #744E41 #41744E

tetradic

#4E4174 #74414D #677441 #417467

square

#4E4174 #74414D #677441 #417467

split-complementary

#4E4174 #746741 #4D7441

monochromatic

#191526 #342B4D #4E4174 #68579B #897BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4E4174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4174

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4174	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#324A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#334873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.084 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81759c',
    500: '#4e4174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4174;
$custom-light: #81759c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.294,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41258,
    "c": 0.08417,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4174

secondary

#94A071

accent

#C463AC

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4174

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

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