#4E4659#4E4659

#4E4659 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.033 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4659
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 89)
HSL	hsl(265, 12%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 21%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 7.63, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 12.59, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.0184 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.033 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1349, 6.7213, 10.3707)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4659 #515946

analogous

#464759 #4E4659 #574659

triadic

#4E4659 #594E46 #46594E

tetradic

#4E4659 #594647 #515946 #465957

square

#4E4659 #594647 #515946 #465957

split-complementary

#4E4659 #595746 #475946

monochromatic

#121014 #302B37 #4E4659 #6C617B #8B7F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E4659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E4659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4659

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4659	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43495A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C494C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.033 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7988',
    500: '#4e4659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4659;
$custom-light: #7f7988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 11.95,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4095,
    "c": 0.03285,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4659

secondary

#7F8873

accent

#B57399

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4659

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

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