#4E447B#4E447B

#4E447B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.090 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E447B
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 123)
HSL	hsl(251, 29%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 45%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 44.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 18.20, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 35.00, 301.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.0312 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.09 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7832, 7.1838, 19.6589)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E447B #717B44

analogous

#44567B #4E447B #6A447B

triadic

#4E447B #7B4E44 #447B4E

tetradic

#4E447B #7B4456 #717B44 #447B6A

square

#4E447B #7B4456 #717B44 #447B6A

split-complementary

#4E447B #7B6A44 #567B44

monochromatic

#1C182C #352E54 #4E447B #675AA2 #8B80B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#4E447B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E447B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E447B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E447B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E447B	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#324D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#334B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e447b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.090 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8278a1',
    500: '#4e447b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e447b;
$custom-light: #8278a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e447b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 28.796,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42293,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E447B

secondary

#9CA477

accent

#C563B3

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E447B

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

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