#4E405E#4E405E

#4E405E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.052 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E405E
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 94)
HSL	hsl(268, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 31.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 12.77, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 20.12, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0304 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.052 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9953, 6.0947, 11.3954)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E405E #505E40

analogous

#40415E #4E405E #5D405E

triadic

#4E405E #5E4E40 #405E4E

tetradic

#4E405E #5E4041 #505E40 #405E5D

square

#4E405E #5E4041 #505E40 #405E5D

split-complementary

#4E405E #5E5D40 #415E40

monochromatic

#120E15 #30273A #4E405E #6C5982 #8B76A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E405E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E405E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E405E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E405E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E405E	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A455F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D465D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e405e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.052 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80758b',
    500: '#4e405e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e405e;
$custom-light: #80758b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e405e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39853,
    "c": 0.05241,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E405E

secondary

#7E8D6C

accent

#BC6C97

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E405E

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

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