#4E456A#4E456A

#4E456A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.062 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E456A
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 106)
HSL	hsl(255, 21%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 12.70, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 23.83, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.0258 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.062 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8709, 6.9165, 14.5532)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E456A #616A45

analogous

#454F6A #4E456A #61456A

triadic

#4E456A #6A4E45 #456A4E

tetradic

#4E456A #6A454F #616A45 #456A61

square

#4E456A #6A454F #616A45 #456A61

split-complementary

#4E456A #6A6145 #4F6A45

monochromatic

#171520 #332D45 #4E456A #695D8F #897EAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E456A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E456A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E456A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E456A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E456A	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e456a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.062 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807894',
    500: '#4e456a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e456a;
$custom-light: #807894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e456a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.595,
    "s": 21.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41542,
    "c": 0.06154,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E456A

secondary

#8F9773

accent

#BE6AA9

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF1

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E456A

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

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