#4E417E#4E417E

#4E417E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.099 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E417E
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 126)
HSL	hsl(253, 32%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 48.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 21.03, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 38.93, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0361 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.099 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7971, 6.9064, 20.6042)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E417E #717E41

analogous

#41527E #4E417E #6D417E

triadic

#4E417E #7E4E41 #417E4E

tetradic

#4E417E #7E4152 #717E41 #417E6D

square

#4E417E #7E4152 #717E41 #417E6D

split-complementary

#4E417E #7E6D41 #527E41

monochromatic

#1C172D #352C56 #4E417E #6756A6 #8B7DBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E417E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E417E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E417E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E417E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E417E	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e417e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.099 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8275a4',
    500: '#4e417e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e417e;
$custom-light: #8275a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e417e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41874,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E417E

secondary

#9CA774

accent

#C860B2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E417E

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

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