#4E405C#4E405C

#4E405C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.049 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E405C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 92)
HSL	hsl(270, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, 12.26, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 18.91, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0298 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.049 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9067, 6.0592, 10.9288)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E405C #4E5C40

analogous

#40405C #4E405C #5C405C

triadic

#4E405C #5C4E40 #405C4E

tetradic

#4E405C #5C4040 #4E5C40 #405C5C

square

#4E405C #5C4040 #4E5C40 #405C5C

split-complementary

#4E405C #5C5C40 #405C40

monochromatic

#110E14 #2F2738 #4E405C #6D5980 #8B76A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E405C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E405C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E405C

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E405C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E405C	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B455D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E465B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C444A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e405c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.049 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80758a',
    500: '#4e405c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e405c;
$custom-light: #80758a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e405c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39755,
    "c": 0.04939,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E405C

secondary

#7C8B6C

accent

#BB6D94

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E405C

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

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