#4E4160#4E4160

#4E4160 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.053 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4160
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 96)
HSL	hsl(265, 19%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 32.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 12.63, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 20.59, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0294 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.053 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1431, 6.2448, 11.8931)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4160 #536041

analogous

#414460 #4E4160 #5E4160

triadic

#4E4160 #604E41 #41604E

tetradic

#4E4160 #604144 #536041 #41605E

square

#4E4160 #604144 #536041 #41605E

split-complementary

#4E4160 #605E41 #446041

monochromatic

#131017 #30283C #4E4160 #6C5A84 #8A78A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E4160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E4160 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4160

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4160	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D475F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B464C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.053 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80758d',
    500: '#4e4160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4160;
$custom-light: #80758d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40167,
    "c": 0.05349,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4160

secondary

#818F6D

accent

#BC6C9A

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4160

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

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