#4E4265#4E4265

#4E4265 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.059 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4265
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 101)
HSL	hsl(261, 21%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 13.29, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 22.91, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0292 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.059 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4385, 6.4557, 13.1636)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4265 #596542

analogous

#424865 #4E4265 #5F4265

triadic

#4E4265 #654E42 #42654E

tetradic

#4E4265 #654248 #596542 #42655F

square

#4E4265 #654248 #596542 #42655F

split-complementary

#4E4265 #655F42 #486542

monochromatic

#15121B #312A40 #4E4265 #6B5A8A #897AA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4E4265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4265 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4265

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4265	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.059 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807691',
    500: '#4e4265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4265;
$custom-light: #807691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 20.958,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40636,
    "c": 0.05927,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4265

secondary

#87946F

accent

#BE6AA1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4265

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

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