#4E437D#4E437D

#4E437D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.094 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E437D
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 125)
HSL	hsl(251, 30%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 46%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 46.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 19.44, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 36.92, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.033 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.094 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8497, 7.1145, 20.3050)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E437D #727D43

analogous

#43557D #4E437D #6B437D

triadic

#4E437D #7D4E43 #437D4E

tetradic

#4E437D #7D4355 #727D43 #437D6B

square

#4E437D #7D4355 #727D43 #437D6B

split-complementary

#4E437D #7D6B43 #557D43

monochromatic

#1C182D #352E55 #4E437D #6758A5 #8B80BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4E437D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E437D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E437D

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E437D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E437D	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F4C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e437d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.094 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277a3',
    500: '#4e437d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e437d;
$custom-light: #8277a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e437d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.379,
    "s": 30.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42212,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E437D

secondary

#9DA676

accent

#C661B3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E437D

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

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