#4E4865#4E4865

#4E4865 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.048 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4865
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 101)
HSL	hsl(252, 17%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 29%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 28.7%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 9.40, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 18.58, 300.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0194 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.048 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8077, 7.1939, 13.2866)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4865 #5F6548

analogous

#485165 #4E4865 #5D4865

triadic

#4E4865 #654E48 #48654E

tetradic

#4E4865 #654851 #5F6548 #48655D

square

#4E4865 #654851 #5F6548 #48655D

split-complementary

#4E4865 #655D48 #516548

monochromatic

#17151E #322F41 #4E4865 #6A6189 #8982A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4E4865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4865 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4865

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4865	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414C66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424B64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.048 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b91',
    500: '#4e4865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4865;
$custom-light: #807b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 16.763,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4195,
    "c": 0.04814,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4865

secondary

#8D9376

accent

#B96EAA

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4865

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

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