#4E4473#4E4473

#4E4473 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.077 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4473
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 115)
HSL	hsl(253, 26%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 41%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 40.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 15.87, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 30.10, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.82% 0.0296 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(41.82% 0.077 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3027, 6.9916, 17.1284)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4473 #697344

analogous

#445173 #4E4473 #654473

triadic

#4E4473 #734E44 #44734E

tetradic

#4E4473 #734451 #697344 #447365

square

#4E4473 #734451 #697344 #447365

split-complementary

#4E4473 #736544 #517344

monochromatic

#1A1726 #342D4D #4E4473 #685B99 #8A7EB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E4473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4473 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4473

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4473	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.077 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81789b',
    500: '#4e4473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4473;
$custom-light: #81789b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.766,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41821,
    "c": 0.07738,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4473

secondary

#969F74

accent

#C266AE

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4473

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

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