#4E417C#4E417C

#4E417C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.096 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E417C
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 124)
HSL	hsl(253, 31%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 47.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 20.44, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 37.72, 302.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0358 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.096 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6693, 6.8553, 19.9313)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E417C #6F7C41

analogous

#41527C #4E417C #6C417C

triadic

#4E417C #7C4E41 #417C4E

tetradic

#4E417C #7C4152 #6F7C41 #417C6C

square

#4E417C #7C4152 #6F7C41 #417C6C

split-complementary

#4E417C #7C6C41 #527C41

monochromatic

#1B172C #352C54 #4E417C #6756A4 #8A7DBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E417C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E417C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E417C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E417C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E417C	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E497B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e417c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.096 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a2',
    500: '#4e417c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e417c;
$custom-light: #8275a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e417c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 31.217,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41748,
    "c": 0.09625,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E417C

secondary

#9AA573

accent

#C760B1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF3

border

#CAC8CD

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E417C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →