#4E4862#4E4862

#4E4862 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.043 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4862
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 98)
HSL	hsl(254, 15%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(254, 27%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 8.61, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 16.71, 301.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.0183 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.043 295)
XYZ	xyz(7.6634, 7.1362, 12.5266)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4862 #5C6248

analogous

#484F62 #4E4862 #5B4862

triadic

#4E4862 #624E48 #48624E

tetradic

#4E4862 #62484F #5C6248 #48625B

square

#4E4862 #62484F #5C6248 #48625B

split-complementary

#4E4862 #625B48 #4F6248

monochromatic

#16141B #322E3F #4E4862 #6A6285 #8982A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#4E4862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4862 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4862

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4862	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434B61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.043 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b8e',
    500: '#4e4862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4862;
$custom-light: #807b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 15.294,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41807,
    "c": 0.04332,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.07136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4862

secondary

#8A9076

accent

#B870A7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4862

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

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