#4E437F#4E437F

#4E437F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.097 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E437F
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 127)
HSL	hsl(251, 31%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 47%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 47.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.18, 20.04, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.18, 38.14, 301.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.0334 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.097 290)
XYZ	xyz(8.9788, 7.1661, 20.9847)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E437F #747F43

analogous

#43567F #4E437F #6C437F

triadic

#4E437F #7F4E43 #437F4E

tetradic

#4E437F #7F4356 #747F43 #437F6C

square

#4E437F #7F4356 #747F43 #437F6C

split-complementary

#4E437F #7F6C43 #567F43

monochromatic

#1D192F #352E57 #4E437F #6758A7 #8B80BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#4E437F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E437F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E437F

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E437F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E437F	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E4D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e437f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.097 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277a4',
    500: '#4e437f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e437f;
$custom-light: #8277a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e437f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42337,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.07166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E437F

secondary

#9EA777

accent

#C761B4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E437F

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

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