#4E417B#4E417B

#4E417B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.095 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E417B
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 123)
HSL	hsl(253, 31%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 47%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 47.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 20.14, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 37.11, 302.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.0356 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.095 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6064, 6.8302, 19.6000)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E417B #6E7B41

analogous

#41517B #4E417B #6B417B

triadic

#4E417B #7B4E41 #417B4E

tetradic

#4E417B #7B4151 #6E7B41 #417B6B

square

#4E417B #7B4151 #6E7B41 #417B6B

split-complementary

#4E417B #7B6B41 #517B41

monochromatic

#1B172B #352C53 #4E417B #6756A3 #8A7CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E417B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E417B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E417B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E417B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E417B	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F497A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e417b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.095 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a1',
    500: '#4e417b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e417b;
$custom-light: #8275a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e417b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.448,
    "s": 30.851,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41685,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E417B

secondary

#9AA573

accent

#C761B0

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E417B

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

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