#4E486B#4E486B

#4E486B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.058 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E486B
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 107)
HSL	hsl(250, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 32.7%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.52, 11.03, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.52, 22.31, 299.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.0213 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.058 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1124, 7.3158, 14.8918)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E486B #656B48

analogous

#48536B #4E486B #60486B

triadic

#4E486B #6B4E48 #486B4E

tetradic

#4E486B #6B4853 #656B48 #486B60

square

#4E486B #6B4853 #656B48 #486B60

split-complementary

#4E486B #6B6048 #536B48

monochromatic

#191722 #332F46 #4E486B #696190 #8982AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#4E486B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E486B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E486B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E486B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E486B	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e486b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.058 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b95',
    500: '#4e486b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e486b;
$custom-light: #807b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e486b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 19.553,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42248,
    "c": 0.05776,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E486B

secondary

#929877

accent

#BC6CAE

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF1

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E486B

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

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