#4E4561#4E4561

#4E4561 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.047 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4561
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 97)
HSL	hsl(259, 17%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 10.29, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 18.25, 304.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.023 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.047 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.4272, 6.7390, 12.2164)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4561 #586145

analogous

#454A61 #4E4561 #5C4561

triadic

#4E4561 #614E45 #45614E

tetradic

#4E4561 #61454A #586145 #45615C

square

#4E4561 #61454A #586145 #45615C

split-complementary

#4E4561 #615C45 #4A6145

monochromatic

#141219 #312C3D #4E4561 #6B5E85 #8A7EA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E4561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E4561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4561

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4561	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.047 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80788e',
    500: '#4e4561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4561;
$custom-light: #80788e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41091,
    "c": 0.04733,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.06739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4561

secondary

#869072

accent

#BA6EA1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4561

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

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