#4E4565#4E4565

#4E4565 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.054 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4565
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 101)
HSL	hsl(257, 19%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 32%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 11.34, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 20.73, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% 0.0243 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.054 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6184, 6.8155, 13.2235)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4565 #5C6545

analogous

#454C65 #4E4565 #5E4565

triadic

#4E4565 #654E45 #45654E

tetradic

#4E4565 #65454C #5C6545 #45655E

square

#4E4565 #65454C #5C6545 #45655E

split-complementary

#4E4565 #655E45 #4C6545

monochromatic

#16131C #322C41 #4E4565 #6A5E89 #897EA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E4565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4565

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4565	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4A66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.054 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807891',
    500: '#4e4565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4565;
$custom-light: #807891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41287,
    "c": 0.05364,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4565

secondary

#8A9373

accent

#BB6CA5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4565

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

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