#4E418B#4E418B

#4E418B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.118 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E418B
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 139)
HSL	hsl(251, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 53.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 24.96, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 46.75, 302.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.0374 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.118 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6911, 7.2640, 25.3126)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E418B #7E8B41

analogous

#41598B #4E418B #73418B

triadic

#4E418B #8B4E41 #418B4E

tetradic

#4E418B #8B4159 #7E8B41 #418B73

square

#4E418B #8B4159 #7E8B41 #418B73

split-complementary

#4E418B #8B7341 #598B41

monochromatic

#1F1A38 #372D61 #4E418B #6858B1 #8E82C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E418B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E418B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E418B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E418B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E418B	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e418b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.118 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8376ad',
    500: '#4e418b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e418b;
$custom-light: #8376ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e418b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.541,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42741,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E418B

secondary

#A6AF79

accent

#CC5CB8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E418B

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

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