#4E4A62#4E4A62

#4E4A62 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.040 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A62
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 98)
HSL	hsl(250, 14%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(250, 24%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 7.33, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 15.29, 298.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.015 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.04 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7948, 7.3990, 12.5704)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A62 #5E624A

analogous

#4A5262 #4E4A62 #5A4A62

triadic

#4E4A62 #624E4A #4A624E

tetradic

#4E4A62 #624A52 #5E624A #4A625A

square

#4E4A62 #624A52 #5E624A #4A625A

split-complementary

#4E4A62 #625A4A #52624A

monochromatic

#16151C #32303F #4E4A62 #6A6485 #8984A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4E4A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E4A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A62

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A62	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454D63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454C61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.040 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807c8e',
    500: '#4e4a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a62;
$custom-light: #807c8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 13.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42259,
    "c": 0.0397,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A62

secondary

#8C9078

accent

#B771AB

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A62

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

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