#4E437E#4E437E

#4E437E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.096 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E437E
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 126)
HSL	hsl(251, 31%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 47%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 46.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 19.74, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 37.53, 301.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0332 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.096 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9139, 7.1401, 20.6432)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E437E #737E43

analogous

#43567E #4E437E #6B437E

triadic

#4E437E #7E4E43 #437E4E

tetradic

#4E437E #7E4356 #737E43 #437E6B

square

#4E437E #7E4356 #737E43 #437E6B

split-complementary

#4E437E #7E6B43 #567E43

monochromatic

#1D192E #352E56 #4E437E #6758A6 #8B80BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#4E437E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E437E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E437E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E437E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E437E	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F4D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e437e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.096 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277a4',
    500: '#4e437e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e437e;
$custom-light: #8277a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e437e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42274,
    "c": 0.09591,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E437E

secondary

#9EA676

accent

#C761B4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E437E

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

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