#4E4563#4E4563

#4E4563 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.050 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4563
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 99)
HSL	hsl(258, 18%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(258, 30%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 10.81, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 19.49, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.19% 0.0236 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(41.19% 0.05 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5216, 6.7768, 12.7137)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4563 #5A6345

analogous

#454B63 #4E4563 #5D4563

triadic

#4E4563 #634E45 #45634E

tetradic

#4E4563 #63454B #5A6345 #45635D

square

#4E4563 #63454B #5A6345 #45635D

split-complementary

#4E4563 #635D45 #4B6345

monochromatic

#15131B #322C3F #4E4563 #6A5E87 #897EA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#4E4563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4563 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4563

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4563	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.050 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80788f',
    500: '#4e4563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4563;
$custom-light: #80788f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41188,
    "c": 0.05049,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4563

secondary

#889272

accent

#BB6DA3

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4563

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

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