#4E415A#4E415A

#4E415A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.044 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E415A
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 90)
HSL	hsl(271, 16%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 28%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 11.11, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 16.95, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0274 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.044 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8773, 6.1385, 10.4934)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E415A #4D5A41

analogous

#41415A #4E415A #5A4159

triadic

#4E415A #5A4E41 #415A4E

tetradic

#4E415A #5A4141 #4D5A41 #41595A

square

#4E415A #5A4141 #4D5A41 #41595A

split-complementary

#4E415A #595A41 #415A41

monochromatic

#100E13 #2F2736 #4E415A #6D5B7E #8B789D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4E415A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E415A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E415A

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E415A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E415A	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D465B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D444A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e415a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.044 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807588',
    500: '#4e415a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e415a;
$custom-light: #807588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e415a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39879,
    "c": 0.04438,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E415A

secondary

#7B896D

accent

#B96F92

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E415A

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

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