#4E4564#4E4564

#4E4564 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.052 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4564
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 100)
HSL	hsl(257, 18%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 31%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 11.08, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 20.11, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.024 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.052 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5697, 6.7960, 12.9671)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4564 #5B6445

analogous

#454B64 #4E4564 #5D4564

triadic

#4E4564 #644E45 #45644E

tetradic

#4E4564 #64454B #5B6445 #45645D

square

#4E4564 #64454B #5B6445 #45645D

split-complementary

#4E4564 #645D45 #4B6445

monochromatic

#16131C #322C40 #4E4564 #6A5E88 #897EA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E4564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4564 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4564

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4564	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.052 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807890',
    500: '#4e4564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4564;
$custom-light: #807890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 18.343,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41237,
    "c": 0.05207,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4564

secondary

#899272

accent

#BB6DA4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4564

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

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