#4A445E#4A445E

#4A445E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.044 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A445E
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 94)
HSL	hsl(254, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(254, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 27.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 8.71, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 16.86, 301.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0184 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.044 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9111, 6.3982, 11.4584)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A445E #585E44

analogous

#444B5E #4A445E #57445E

triadic

#4A445E #5E4A44 #445E4A

tetradic

#4A445E #5E444B #585E44 #445E57

square

#4A445E #5E444B #585E44 #445E57

split-complementary

#4A445E #5E5744 #4B5E44

monochromatic

#121117 #2E2A3A #4A445E #665E82 #847CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4A445E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4A445E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A445E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A445E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A445E	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E485F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F475D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a445e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.044 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d778b',
    500: '#4a445e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a445e;
$custom-light: #7d778b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a445e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4033,
    "c": 0.0437,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A445E

secondary

#878D71

accent

#B96FA8

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09080C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A445E

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

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