#4E436D#4E436D

#4E436D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.070 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E436D
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 109)
HSL	hsl(256, 24%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 39%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 38.5%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 14.83, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 27.12, 303.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.0298 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.07 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9087, 6.7380, 15.3489)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E436D #626D43

analogous

#434D6D #4E436D #63436D

triadic

#4E436D #6D4E43 #436D4E

tetradic

#4E436D #6D434D #626D43 #436D63

square

#4E436D #6D434D #626D43 #436D63

split-complementary

#4E436D #6D6343 #4D6D43

monochromatic

#181421 #332C47 #4E436D #695A93 #897CAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#4E436D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E436D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E436D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E436D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E436D	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39496C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e436d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.070 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807797',
    500: '#4e436d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e436d;
$custom-light: #807797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e436d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 23.864,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41275,
    "c": 0.06985,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E436D

secondary

#909A72

accent

#C067A9

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A080D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E436D

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

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