#4E437A#4E437A

#4E437A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.090 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E437A
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 122)
HSL	hsl(252, 29%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 45%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 45.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 18.55, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 35.09, 301.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.0325 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.09 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6610, 7.0390, 19.3109)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E437A #6F7A43

analogous

#43547A #4E437A #6A437A

triadic

#4E437A #7A4E43 #437A4E

tetradic

#4E437A #7A4354 #6F7A43 #437A6A

square

#4E437A #7A4354 #6F7A43 #437A6A

split-complementary

#4E437A #7A6A43 #547A43

monochromatic

#1B182B #352D52 #4E437A #6759A2 #8A7FB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E437A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E437A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E437A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E437A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E437A	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e437a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.090 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277a1',
    500: '#4e437a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e437a;
$custom-light: #8277a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e437a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42027,
    "c": 0.08986,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E437A

secondary

#9AA475

accent

#C562B2

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E437A

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

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