#4E4661#4E4661

#4E4661 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.045 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4661
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 97)
HSL	hsl(258, 16%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(258, 28%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 9.64, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 17.52, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.0213 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.045 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.4892, 6.8631, 12.2371)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4661 #596146

analogous

#464B61 #4E4661 #5B4661

triadic

#4E4661 #614E46 #46614E

tetradic

#4E4661 #61464B #596146 #46615B

square

#4E4661 #61464B #596146 #46615B

split-complementary

#4E4661 #615B46 #4B6146

monochromatic

#15131A #312C3D #4E4661 #6B6085 #897FA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#4E4661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4661 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4661

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4661	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414A60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.045 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80798e',
    500: '#4e4661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4661;
$custom-light: #80798e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 16.168,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41313,
    "c": 0.04544,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.06863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4661

secondary

#879073

accent

#B96FA3

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4661

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

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