#4E4261#4E4261

#4E4261 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.053 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4261
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 97)
HSL	hsl(263, 19%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 32%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 12.24, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 20.46, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.028 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.053 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2473, 6.3792, 12.1564)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4261 #556142

analogous

#424661 #4E4261 #5E4261

triadic

#4E4261 #614E42 #42614E

tetradic

#4E4261 #614246 #556142 #42615E

square

#4E4261 #614246 #556142 #42615E

split-complementary

#4E4261 #615E42 #466142

monochromatic

#131018 #31293D #4E4261 #6B5B85 #8A79A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4E4261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E4261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4261

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4261	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B474D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.053 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80768e',
    500: '#4e4261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4261;
$custom-light: #80768e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40434,
    "c": 0.05308,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4261

secondary

#83906E

accent

#BC6C9D

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4261

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

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