#4E4863#4E4863

#4E4863 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.045 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4863
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 99)
HSL	hsl(253, 16%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 27%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 8.87, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 17.33, 300.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0187 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.045 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7109, 7.1552, 12.7768)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4863 #5D6348

analogous

#484F63 #4E4863 #5B4863

triadic

#4E4863 #634E48 #48634E

tetradic

#4E4863 #63484F #5D6348 #48635B

square

#4E4863 #63484F #5D6348 #48635B

split-complementary

#4E4863 #635B48 #4F6348

monochromatic

#16141C #322E40 #4E4863 #6A6286 #8982A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4E4863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4863 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4863

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4863	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424C64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434B62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.045 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b8f',
    500: '#4e4863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4863;
$custom-light: #807b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41854,
    "c": 0.04493,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4863

secondary

#8B9176

accent

#B96FA8

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4863

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

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