#4E4181#4E4181

#4E4181 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.104 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4181
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 129)
HSL	hsl(252, 33%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 50%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 49.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 21.93, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 40.75, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.0365 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.104 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9936, 6.9850, 21.6390)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4181 #748141

analogous

#415481 #4E4181 #6E4181

triadic

#4E4181 #814E41 #41814E

tetradic

#4E4181 #814154 #748141 #41816E

square

#4E4181 #814154 #748141 #41816E

split-complementary

#4E4181 #816E41 #548141

monochromatic

#1D1830 #352C58 #4E4181 #6756AA #8B7EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E4181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4181

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4181	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#294C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.104 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8276a6',
    500: '#4e4181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4181;
$custom-light: #8276a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.188,
    "s": 32.99,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42068,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4181

secondary

#9EA975

accent

#C95FB3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4181

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

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