#4E437B#4E437B

#4E437B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.091 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E437B
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 123)
HSL	hsl(252, 29%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 46%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 45.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 18.85, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 35.70, 301.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.0327 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.091 291)
XYZ	xyz(8.7232, 7.0639, 19.6389)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E437B #707B43

analogous

#43547B #4E437B #6A437B

triadic

#4E437B #7B4E43 #437B4E

tetradic

#4E437B #7B4354 #707B43 #437B6A

square

#4E437B #7B4354 #707B43 #437B6A

split-complementary

#4E437B #7B6A43 #547B43

monochromatic

#1C182C #352D53 #4E437B #6759A3 #8B7FB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4E437B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E437B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E437B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E437B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E437B	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#304C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e437b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.091 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277a1',
    500: '#4e437b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e437b;
$custom-light: #8277a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e437b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.786,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42088,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.07064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E437B

secondary

#9BA475

accent

#C662B2

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E437B

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

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