#4E4665#4E4665

#4E4665 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.052 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4665
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 101)
HSL	hsl(255, 18%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 31%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 10.70, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 20.01, 302.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.0226 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.052 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6805, 6.9395, 13.2442)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4665 #5D6546

analogous

#464D65 #4E4665 #5D4665

triadic

#4E4665 #654E46 #46654E

tetradic

#4E4665 #65464D #5D6546 #46655D

square

#4E4665 #65464D #5D6546 #46655D

split-complementary

#4E4665 #655D46 #4D6546

monochromatic

#16141D #322D41 #4E4665 #6A5F89 #897FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E4665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4665 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4665

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4665	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4B66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404A64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.052 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807991',
    500: '#4e4665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4665;
$custom-light: #807991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 18.129,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41507,
    "c": 0.0518,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4665

secondary

#8B9374

accent

#BB6DA7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4665

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

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