#4E405B#4E405B

#4E405B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.048 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E405B
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 91)
HSL	hsl(271, 17%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 12.01, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 18.31, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0294 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.048 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8633, 6.0419, 10.7001)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E405B #4D5B40

analogous

#40405B #4E405B #5B405A

triadic

#4E405B #5B4E40 #405B4E

tetradic

#4E405B #5B4040 #4D5B40 #405A5B

square

#4E405B #5B4040 #4D5B40 #405A5B

split-complementary

#4E405B #5A5B40 #405B40

monochromatic

#100D13 #2F2737 #4E405B #6D597F #8B769F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E405B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E405B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E405B

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E405B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E405B	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B455C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E465A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C444A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e405b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.048 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807589',
    500: '#4e405b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e405b;
$custom-light: #807589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e405b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39708,
    "c": 0.0479,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E405B

secondary

#7B8A6C

accent

#BA6E92

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E405B

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

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