#4E486A#4E486A

#4E486A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.056 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E486A
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 106)
HSL	hsl(251, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 32.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 10.75, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 21.69, 299.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.021 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.056 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0601, 7.2949, 14.6163)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E486A #646A48

analogous

#48536A #4E486A #5F486A

triadic

#4E486A #6A4E48 #486A4E

tetradic

#4E486A #6A4853 #646A48 #486A5F

square

#4E486A #6A4853 #646A48 #486A5F

split-complementary

#4E486A #6A5F48 #536A48

monochromatic

#181621 #332F46 #4E486A #69618E #8982AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#4E486A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E486A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E486A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E486A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E486A	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e486a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.056 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b94',
    500: '#4e486a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e486a;
$custom-light: #807b94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e486a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 19.101,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42197,
    "c": 0.05616,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E486A

secondary

#919777

accent

#BC6CAE

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF1

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E486A

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

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