#4E405A#4E405A

#4E405A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.046 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E405A
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 90)
HSL	hsl(272, 17%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 28.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, 11.76, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 17.71, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% 0.0291 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.046 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8204, 6.0247, 10.4745)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E405A #4C5A40

analogous

#41405A #4E405A #5A4059

triadic

#4E405A #5A4E40 #405A4E

tetradic

#4E405A #5A4140 #4C5A40 #40595A

square

#4E405A #5A4140 #4C5A40 #40595A

split-complementary

#4E405A #595A40 #405A41

monochromatic

#100D12 #2F2736 #4E405A #6D597E #8C769E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4E405A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E405A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E405A

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E405A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E405A	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C455B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e405a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.046 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807588',
    500: '#4e405a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e405a;
$custom-light: #807588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e405a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3966,
    "c": 0.04641,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E405A

secondary

#7A896C

accent

#BA6E91

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E405A

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

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