#4E445B#4E445B

#4E445B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.040 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E445B
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 91)
HSL	hsl(266, 14%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 9.41, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 15.30, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0226 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.04 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0970, 6.5093, 10.7780)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E445B #515B44

analogous

#44455B #4E445B #59445B

triadic

#4E445B #5B4E44 #445B4E

tetradic

#4E445B #5B4445 #515B44 #445B59

square

#4E445B #5B4445 #515B44 #445B59

split-complementary

#4E445B #5B5944 #455B44

monochromatic

#121015 #302A38 #4E445B #6C5E7E #8B7C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4E445B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E445B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E445B

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E445B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E445B	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40485C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42485A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C474C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e445b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.040 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7889',
    500: '#4e445b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e445b;
$custom-light: #7f7889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e445b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 14.465,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40589,
    "c": 0.0399,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E445B

secondary

#7F8A71

accent

#B77199

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E445B

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

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