#4E4568#4E4568

#4E4568 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.058 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4568
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 104)
HSL	hsl(255, 20%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 33.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 12.15, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 22.59, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.44% 0.0252 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(41.44% 0.058 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7681, 6.8753, 14.0118)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4568 #5F6845

analogous

#454E68 #4E4568 #604568

triadic

#4E4568 #684E45 #45684E

tetradic

#4E4568 #68454E #5F6845 #456860

square

#4E4568 #68454E #5F6845 #456860

split-complementary

#4E4568 #686045 #4E6845

monochromatic

#17141E #322D43 #4E4568 #6A5D8D #897EA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4E4568 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E4568 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4568

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4568	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4568	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4A67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4568;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.058 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807893',
    500: '#4e4568',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4568;
$custom-light: #807893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4568",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 20.231,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41439,
    "c": 0.05838,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4568

secondary

#8D9673

accent

#BD6BA8

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF1

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4568

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

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