#4E4860#4E4860

#4E4860 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.040 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4860
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 96)
HSL	hsl(255, 14%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(255, 25%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 25%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 8.09, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 15.46, 301.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% 0.0176 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.04 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5701, 7.0989, 12.0355)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4860 #5A6048

analogous

#484E60 #4E4860 #5A4860

triadic

#4E4860 #604E48 #48604E

tetradic

#4E4860 #60484E #5A6048 #48605A

square

#4E4860 #60484E #5A6048 #48605A

split-complementary

#4E4860 #605A48 #4E6048

monochromatic

#15141A #322E3D #4E4860 #6A6283 #8982A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#4E4860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E4860 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4860

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4860	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.040 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b8d',
    500: '#4e4860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4860;
$custom-light: #807b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41715,
    "c": 0.04011,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4860

secondary

#888E75

accent

#B771A5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4860

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

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