#4A4256#4A4256

#4A4256 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.035 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4256
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 86)
HSL	hsl(264, 13%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 23.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, 7.95, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 13.33, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0189 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.035 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4516, 6.0242, 9.6252)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4256 #4E5642

analogous

#424456 #4A4256 #544256

triadic

#4A4256 #564A42 #42564A

tetradic

#4A4256 #564244 #4E5642 #425654

square

#4A4256 #564244 #4E5642 #425654

split-complementary

#4A4256 #565442 #445642

monochromatic

#0F0D11 #2C2733 #4A4256 #685D79 #867A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4A4256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A4256 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4256

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4256	1.00	9.52	2.20	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.035 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7685',
    500: '#4a4256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4256;
$custom-light: #7c7685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39506,
    "c": 0.0347,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4256

secondary

#7C856F

accent

#B6729B

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#09080B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4256

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

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