#4E456E#4E456E

#4E456E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.068 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E456E
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 110)
HSL	hsl(253, 23%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 37%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 37.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 13.81, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 26.30, 301.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% 0.0269 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.068 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0838, 7.0016, 15.6744)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E456E #656E45

analogous

#45506E #4E456E #63456E

triadic

#4E456E #6E4E45 #456E4E

tetradic

#4E456E #6E4550 #656E45 #456E63

square

#4E456E #6E4550 #656E45 #456E63

split-complementary

#4E456E #6E6345 #506E45

monochromatic

#191623 #332D48 #4E456E #695D94 #897FAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#4E456E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E456E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E456E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E456E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E456E	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e456e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.068 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807897',
    500: '#4e456e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e456e;
$custom-light: #807897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e456e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 22.905,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41755,
    "c": 0.06783,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E456E

secondary

#929B74

accent

#BF68AC

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E456E

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

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