#4E428A#4E428A

#4E428A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.115 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E428A
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 138)
HSL	hsl(250, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(250, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 52.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.59, 24.02, -38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.59, 45.47, 301.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.036 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.115 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6763, 7.3508, 24.9488)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E428A #7E8A42

analogous

#425A8A #4E428A #72428A

triadic

#4E428A #8A4E42 #428A4E

tetradic

#4E428A #8A425A #7E8A42 #428A72

square

#4E428A #8A425A #7E8A42 #428A72

split-complementary

#4E428A #8A7242 #5A8A42

monochromatic

#1F1A37 #372E61 #4E428A #6859B0 #8E83C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#4E428A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E428A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E428A

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E428A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E428A	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#234E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e428a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.115 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8376ac',
    500: '#4e428a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e428a;
$custom-light: #8376ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e428a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42863,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E428A

secondary

#A6AE79

accent

#CB5CB9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E428A

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

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