#4E4660#4E4660

#4E4660 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.044 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4660
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 96)
HSL	hsl(258, 16%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(258, 27%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 9.39, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 16.91, 303.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% 0.021 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.044 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4429, 6.8445, 11.9931)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4660 #586046

analogous

#464B60 #4E4660 #5B4660

triadic

#4E4660 #604E46 #46604E

tetradic

#4E4660 #60464B #586046 #46605B

square

#4E4660 #60464B #586046 #46605B

split-complementary

#4E4660 #605B46 #4B6046

monochromatic

#141219 #312C3D #4E4660 #6B6083 #8A7FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E4660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4660 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4660

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4660	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.044 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80798d',
    500: '#4e4660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4660;
$custom-light: #80798d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 15.663,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41266,
    "c": 0.04386,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4660

secondary

#868F73

accent

#B86FA2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4660

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

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