#4E4464#4E4464

#4E4464 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.054 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4464
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 100)
HSL	hsl(259, 19%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 32%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 32%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 11.73, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 20.84, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0256 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.054 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5088, 6.6740, 12.9467)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4464 #5A6444

analogous

#444A64 #4E4464 #5E4464

triadic

#4E4464 #644E44 #44644E

tetradic

#4E4464 #64444A #5A6444 #44645E

square

#4E4464 #64444A #5A6444 #44645E

split-complementary

#4E4464 #645E44 #4A6444

monochromatic

#15121B #322B40 #4E4464 #6A5D88 #897CA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#4E4464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4464 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4464

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4464	1.00	8.99	2.33	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.054 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807890',
    500: '#4e4464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4464;
$custom-light: #807890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41018,
    "c": 0.05394,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4464

secondary

#889371

accent

#BC6CA3

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4464

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

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