#4E4562#4E4562

#4E4562 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.049 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4562
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 98)
HSL	hsl(259, 17%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 10.55, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 18.87, 304.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0233 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.049 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4741, 6.7578, 12.4635)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4562 #596245

analogous

#454A62 #4E4562 #5C4562

triadic

#4E4562 #624E45 #45624E

tetradic

#4E4562 #62454A #596245 #45625C

square

#4E4562 #62454A #596245 #45625C

split-complementary

#4E4562 #625C45 #4A6245

monochromatic

#15121A #312C3E #4E4562 #6B5E86 #897EA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#4E4562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E4562 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4562

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4562	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.049 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80788e',
    500: '#4e4562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4562;
$custom-light: #80788e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 17.365,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41139,
    "c": 0.04891,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4562

secondary

#879172

accent

#BA6EA2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4562

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

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