#4E4566#4E4566

#4E4566 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.055 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4566
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 102)
HSL	hsl(256, 19%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 32%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 11.61, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 21.35, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.0246 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.055 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6677, 6.8352, 13.4832)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4566 #5D6645

analogous

#454C66 #4E4566 #5E4566

triadic

#4E4566 #664E45 #45664E

tetradic

#4E4566 #66454C #5D6645 #45665E

square

#4E4566 #66454C #5D6645 #45665E

split-complementary

#4E4566 #665E45 #4C6645

monochromatic

#16141D #322C41 #4E4566 #6A5E8B #897EA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#4E4566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4566 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4566

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4566	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4A67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4A65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.055 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807891',
    500: '#4e4566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4566;
$custom-light: #807891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41337,
    "c": 0.05522,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4566

secondary

#8B9473

accent

#BC6CA6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4566

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

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