#4E427A#4E427A

#4E427A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.092 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E427A
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 122)
HSL	hsl(253, 30%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 46%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 45.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 19.20, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 35.80, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.82% 0.034 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(41.82% 0.092 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6020, 6.9211, 19.2913)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E427A #6E7A42

analogous

#42527A #4E427A #6A427A

triadic

#4E427A #7A4E42 #427A4E

tetradic

#4E427A #7A4252 #6E7A42 #427A6A

square

#4E427A #7A4252 #6E7A42 #427A6A

split-complementary

#4E427A #7A6A42 #527A42

monochromatic

#1B172B #352D52 #4E427A #6757A2 #8A7DB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E427A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E427A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E427A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E427A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E427A	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#304B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e427a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.092 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8276a1',
    500: '#4e427a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e427a;
$custom-light: #8276a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e427a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41824,
    "c": 0.09155,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E427A

secondary

#9AA474

accent

#C662B1

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E427A

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

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