#4E4A5E#4E4A5E

#4E4A5E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.033 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A5E
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 94)
HSL	hsl(252, 12%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(252, 21%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 21.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 6.30, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 12.79, 299.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.0136 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.033 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6106, 7.3254, 11.6005)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A5E #5A5E4A

analogous

#4A505E #4E4A5E #584A5E

triadic

#4E4A5E #5E4E4A #4A5E4E

tetradic

#4E4A5E #5E4A50 #5A5E4A #4A5E58

square

#4E4A5E #5E4A50 #5A5E4A #4A5E58

split-complementary

#4E4A5E #5E584A #505E4A

monochromatic

#15141A #322F3C #4E4A5E #6A6580 #89849E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4E4A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E4A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A5E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A5E	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.033 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c8b',
    500: '#4e4a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a5e;
$custom-light: #7f7c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 11.905,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4208,
    "c": 0.0332,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A5E

secondary

#888C77

accent

#B573A8

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A5E

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

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