#4E4965#4E4965

#4E4965 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.046 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4965
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 101)
HSL	hsl(251, 16%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(251, 28%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 27.7%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 8.76, -15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 17.87, 299.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.0177 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.046 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8728, 7.3243, 13.3083)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4965 #606549

analogous

#495265 #4E4965 #5C4965

triadic

#4E4965 #654E49 #49654E

tetradic

#4E4965 #654952 #606549 #49655C

square

#4E4965 #654952 #606549 #49655C

split-complementary

#4E4965 #655C49 #526549

monochromatic

#17161E #332F41 #4E4965 #696389 #8983A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4E4965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E4965 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4965

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4965	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424D66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434C64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.046 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b91',
    500: '#4e4965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4965;
$custom-light: #807b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 16.092,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42174,
    "c": 0.04634,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4965

secondary

#8E9377

accent

#B96FAC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4965

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

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