#4E425B#4E425B

#4E425B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.044 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E425B
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 91)
HSL	hsl(269, 16%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 27%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 10.71, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 16.80, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.026 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.044 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9781, 6.2715, 10.7384)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E425B #4F5B42

analogous

#42425B #4E425B #5A425B

triadic

#4E425B #5B4E42 #425B4E

tetradic

#4E425B #5B4242 #4F5B42 #425B5A

square

#4E425B #5B4242 #4F5B42 #425B5A

split-complementary

#4E425B #5B5A42 #425B42

monochromatic

#110F14 #302838 #4E425B #6C5C7E #8B799E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#4E425B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E425B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E425B

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E425B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E425B	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E465C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40475A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C454B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e425b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.044 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807689',
    500: '#4e425b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e425b;
$custom-light: #807689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e425b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40145,
    "c": 0.04388,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E425B

secondary

#7D8A6F

accent

#B96F95

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E425B

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

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