#4E447E#4E447E

#4E447E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.094 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E447E
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 126)
HSL	hsl(250, 30%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 46%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 46%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 19.09, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 36.83, 301.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.0318 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.094 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9739, 7.2601, 20.6631)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E447E #747E44

analogous

#44577E #4E447E #6B447E

triadic

#4E447E #7E4E44 #447E4E

tetradic

#4E447E #7E4457 #747E44 #447E6B

square

#4E447E #7E4457 #747E44 #447E6B

split-complementary

#4E447E #7E6B44 #577E44

monochromatic

#1D192F #352F56 #4E447E #675AA6 #8B81BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E447E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E447E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E447E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E447E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E447E	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#304D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e447e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.094 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8278a4',
    500: '#4e447e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e447e;
$custom-light: #8278a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e447e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42477,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E447E

secondary

#9EA677

accent

#C662B5

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B090F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E447E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →