#4E437C#4E437C

#4E437C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.093 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E437C
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 124)
HSL	hsl(252, 30%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 46%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 46%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, 19.14, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 36.32, 301.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0329 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.093 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7862, 7.0890, 19.9703)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E437C #717C43

analogous

#43547C #4E437C #6B437C

triadic

#4E437C #7C4E43 #437C4E

tetradic

#4E437C #7C4354 #717C43 #437C6B

square

#4E437C #7C4354 #717C43 #437C6B

split-complementary

#4E437C #7C6B43 #547C43

monochromatic

#1C182D #352E54 #4E437C #6758A4 #8B7FBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#4E437C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E437C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E437C

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E437C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E437C	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#304C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e437c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.093 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277a2',
    500: '#4e437c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e437c;
$custom-light: #8277a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e437c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.579,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4215,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E437C

secondary

#9CA576

accent

#C662B3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF3

border

#CAC8CD

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E437C

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

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