#4E4260#4E4260

#4E4260 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.052 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4260
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 96)
HSL	hsl(264, 19%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 31%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 31.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.30, 11.98, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.30, 19.84, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0277 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.052 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2010, 6.3607, 11.9124)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4260 #546042

analogous

#424560 #4E4260 #5D4260

triadic

#4E4260 #604E42 #42604E

tetradic

#4E4260 #604245 #546042 #42605D

square

#4E4260 #604245 #546042 #42605D

split-complementary

#4E4260 #605D42 #456042

monochromatic

#131017 #31293C #4E4260 #6B5B84 #8A79A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E4260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E4260 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4260

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4260	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E475F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B464D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.052 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80768d',
    500: '#4e4260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4260;
$custom-light: #80768d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40384,
    "c": 0.05153,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4260

secondary

#828F6E

accent

#BB6D9C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4260

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

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