#4E427C#4E427C

#4E427C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.095 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E427C
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 124)
HSL	hsl(252, 31%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 47%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 46.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 19.79, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 37.02, 302.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0343 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.095 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7272, 6.9712, 19.9506)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E427C #707C42

analogous

#42537C #4E427C #6B427C

triadic

#4E427C #7C4E42 #427C4E

tetradic

#4E427C #7C4253 #707C42 #427C6B

square

#4E427C #7C4253 #707C42 #427C6B

split-complementary

#4E427C #7C6B42 #537C42

monochromatic

#1C172C #352D54 #4E427C #6757A4 #8B7EBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#4E427C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E427C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E427C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E427C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E427C	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E4C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F497B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e427c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.095 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8276a2',
    500: '#4e427c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e427c;
$custom-light: #8276a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e427c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41948,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E427C

secondary

#9BA575

accent

#C761B2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF3

border

#CAC8CD

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E427C

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

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