#4E4559#4E4559

#4E4559 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.035 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4559
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 89)
HSL	hsl(267, 13%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 22%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 8.27, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 13.34, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0201 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.035 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0728, 6.5972, 10.3500)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4559 #505945

analogous

#454659 #4E4559 #584559

triadic

#4E4559 #594E45 #45594E

tetradic

#4E4559 #594546 #505945 #455958

square

#4E4559 #594546 #505945 #455958

split-complementary

#4E4559 #595845 #465945

monochromatic

#121014 #302A37 #4E4559 #6C607B #8B7E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#4E4559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E4559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4559

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4559	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42485A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C484C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.035 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7888',
    500: '#4e4559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4559;
$custom-light: #7f7888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 12.658,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40724,
    "c": 0.03482,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4559

secondary

#7E8872

accent

#B67297

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4559

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

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