#4E456D#4E456D

#4E456D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.066 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E456D
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 109)
HSL	hsl(254, 22%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 37%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 36.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 13.53, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 25.68, 301.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.0266 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.066 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0297, 6.9800, 15.3893)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E456D #646D45

analogous

#45506D #4E456D #62456D

triadic

#4E456D #6D4E45 #456D4E

tetradic

#4E456D #6D4550 #646D45 #456D62

square

#4E456D #6D4550 #646D45 #456D62

split-complementary

#4E456D #6D6245 #506D45

monochromatic

#181622 #332D48 #4E456D #695D92 #897FAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E456D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E456D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E456D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E456D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E456D	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e456d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.066 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807897',
    500: '#4e456d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e456d;
$custom-light: #807897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e456d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 22.472,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41701,
    "c": 0.06626,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E456D

secondary

#919A74

accent

#BF69AC

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E456D

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

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