#4E418A#4E418A

#4E418A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.117 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E418A
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 138)
HSL	hsl(251, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 52.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 24.66, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 46.15, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.0373 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.117 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6183, 7.2349, 24.9295)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E418A #7D8A41

analogous

#41588A #4E418A #73418A

triadic

#4E418A #8A4E41 #418A4E

tetradic

#4E418A #8A4158 #7D8A41 #418A73

square

#4E418A #8A4158 #7D8A41 #418A73

split-complementary

#4E418A #8A7341 #588A41

monochromatic

#1F1A37 #362D60 #4E418A #6858B0 #8D82C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#4E418A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E418A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E418A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E418A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E418A	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e418a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.117 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8376ad',
    500: '#4e418a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e418a;
$custom-light: #8376ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e418a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.685,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42671,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E418A

secondary

#A5AE78

accent

#CC5CB8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E418A

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

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