#4E425C#4E425C

#4E425C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.045 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E425C
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 92)
HSL	hsl(268, 16%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 10.96, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 17.41, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.0264 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.045 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0215, 6.2889, 10.9671)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E425C #505C42

analogous

#42435C #4E425C #5B425C

triadic

#4E425C #5C4E42 #425C4E

tetradic

#4E425C #5C4243 #505C42 #425C5B

square

#4E425C #5C4243 #505C42 #425C5B

split-complementary

#4E425C #5C5B42 #435C42

monochromatic

#120F15 #302838 #4E425C #6C5C80 #8B799F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E425C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E425C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E425C

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E425C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E425C	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D475D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F475B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C464B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e425c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.045 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80768a',
    500: '#4e425c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e425c;
$custom-light: #80768a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e425c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40192,
    "c": 0.04541,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E425C

secondary

#7E8B6F

accent

#B96F97

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E425C

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

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