#4E456F#4E456F

#4E456F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.069 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E456F
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 111)
HSL	hsl(253, 23%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 38%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, 14.09, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 26.92, 301.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.0271 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.069 293)
XYZ	xyz(8.1385, 7.0235, 15.9627)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E456F #666F45

analogous

#45516F #4E456F #63456F

triadic

#4E456F #6F4E45 #456F4E

tetradic

#4E456F #6F4551 #666F45 #456F63

square

#4E456F #6F4551 #666F45 #456F63

split-complementary

#4E456F #6F6345 #516F45

monochromatic

#191624 #332E49 #4E456F #695C95 #897FAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4E456F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E456F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E456F

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E456F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E456F	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e456f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.069 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807898',
    500: '#4e456f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e456f;
$custom-light: #807898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e456f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 23.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4181,
    "c": 0.06939,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.07024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E456F

secondary

#939B74

accent

#C068AD

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E456F

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

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