#4E4570#4E4570

#4E4570 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.071 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4570
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 112)
HSL	hsl(253, 24%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 38%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 38.4%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 14.37, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 27.54, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.0274 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.071 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1939, 7.0457, 16.2543)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4570 #677045

analogous

#455170 #4E4570 #634570

triadic

#4E4570 #704E45 #45704E

tetradic

#4E4570 #704551 #677045 #457063

square

#4E4570 #704551 #677045 #457063

split-complementary

#4E4570 #706345 #517045

monochromatic

#191624 #342E4A #4E4570 #685C96 #897FB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E4570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E4570 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4570

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4570	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.071 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817899',
    500: '#4e4570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4570;
$custom-light: #817899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.558,
    "s": 23.757,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41864,
    "c": 0.07096,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4570

secondary

#949C75

accent

#C068AE

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A090E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4570

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

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