#4E4259#4E4259

#4E4259 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.041 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4259
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 89)
HSL	hsl(271, 15%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 26%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 10.22, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 15.60, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0253 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.041 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8929, 6.2374, 10.2901)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4259 #4D5942

analogous

#424259 #4E4259 #594258

triadic

#4E4259 #594E42 #42594E

tetradic

#4E4259 #594242 #4D5942 #425859

square

#4E4259 #594242 #4D5942 #425859

split-complementary

#4E4259 #585942 #425942

monochromatic

#100E13 #2F2836 #4E4259 #6D5C7C #8B799C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E4259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E4259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4259

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4259	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)

#3E465A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.041 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7688',
    500: '#4e4259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4259;
$custom-light: #7f7688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40053,
    "c": 0.04086,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4259

secondary

#7B886F

accent

#B87092

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4259

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

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