#4E447D#4E447D

#4E447D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.093 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E447D
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 125)
HSL	hsl(251, 30%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 46%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 45.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 18.79, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 36.22, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0316 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.093 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9097, 7.2344, 20.3250)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E447D #737D44

analogous

#44567D #4E447D #6A447D

triadic

#4E447D #7D4E44 #447D4E

tetradic

#4E447D #7D4456 #737D44 #447D6A

square

#4E447D #7D4456 #737D44 #447D6A

split-complementary

#4E447D #7D6A44 #567D44

monochromatic

#1D192E #352E55 #4E447D #675AA5 #8B81BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#4E447D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E447D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E447D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E447D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E447D	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e447d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.093 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8278a3',
    500: '#4e447d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e447d;
$custom-light: #8278a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e447d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 29.534,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42415,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E447D

secondary

#9EA677

accent

#C662B4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B090F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E447D

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

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