#4E4159#4E4159

#4E4159 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.043 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4159
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 89)
HSL	hsl(273, 16%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 27%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 10.87, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 16.35, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.027 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.043 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8350, 6.1216, 10.2708)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4159 #4C5941

analogous

#424159 #4E4159 #594158

triadic

#4E4159 #594E41 #41594E

tetradic

#4E4159 #594241 #4C5941 #415859

square

#4E4159 #594241 #4C5941 #415859

split-complementary

#4E4159 #585941 #415942

monochromatic

#100D12 #2F2736 #4E4159 #6D5B7C #8C789C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4E4159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E4159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4159

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4159	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D455A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.043 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7588',
    500: '#4e4159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4159;
$custom-light: #7f7588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39833,
    "c": 0.04289,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4159

secondary

#7A886D

accent

#B86F91

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4159

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

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