#4E427B#4E427B

#4E427B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.093 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E427B
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 123)
HSL	hsl(253, 30%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 46%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 46.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 19.49, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 36.41, 302.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% 0.0342 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.093 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6643, 6.9460, 19.6193)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E427B #6F7B42

analogous

#42527B #4E427B #6B427B

triadic

#4E427B #7B4E42 #427B4E

tetradic

#4E427B #7B4252 #6F7B42 #427B6B

square

#4E427B #7B4252 #6F7B42 #427B6B

split-complementary

#4E427B #7B6B42 #527B42

monochromatic

#1B172B #352D53 #4E427B #6757A3 #8A7EBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E427B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E427B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E427B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E427B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E427B	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F4B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30497A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e427b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.093 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8276a1',
    500: '#4e427b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e427b;
$custom-light: #8276a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e427b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 30.159,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41886,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E427B

secondary

#9AA574

accent

#C661B1

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E427B

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

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