#4E4A60#4E4A60

#4E4A60 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.036 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A60
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 96)
HSL	hsl(251, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(251, 23%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 6.81, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 14.04, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.0143 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.036 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7015, 7.3617, 12.0793)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A60 #5C604A

analogous

#4A5160 #4E4A60 #594A60

triadic

#4E4A60 #604E4A #4A604E

tetradic

#4E4A60 #604A51 #5C604A #4A6059

square

#4E4A60 #604A51 #5C604A #4A6059

split-complementary

#4E4A60 #60594A #51604A

monochromatic

#16151B #322F3D #4E4A60 #6A6583 #8984A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#4E4A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E4A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A60

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A60	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.036 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c8d',
    500: '#4e4a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a60;
$custom-light: #7f7c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 12.941,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42168,
    "c": 0.03646,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A60

secondary

#8A8E78

accent

#B672A9

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A60

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

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