#4E4459#4E4459

#4E4459 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.037 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4459
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 89)
HSL	hsl(269, 13%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 24%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 8.92, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 14.09, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0219 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.037 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0118, 6.4752, 10.3297)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4459 #4F5944

analogous

#444459 #4E4459 #584459

triadic

#4E4459 #594E44 #44594E

tetradic

#4E4459 #594444 #4F5944 #445958

square

#4E4459 #594444 #4F5944 #445958

split-complementary

#4E4459 #595844 #445944

monochromatic

#110F14 #302936 #4E4459 #6C5F7C #8B7C9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4E4459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E4459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4459

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4459	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40485A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D474B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.037 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7888',
    500: '#4e4459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4459;
$custom-light: #7f7888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40499,
    "c": 0.03683,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4459

secondary

#7D8871

accent

#B67296

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4459

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

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