#4A4656#4A4656

#4A4656 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.027 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4656
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 86)
HSL	hsl(255, 10%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 19%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 18.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 5.36, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 10.38, 301.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0121 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.027 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6936, 6.5080, 9.7058)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4656 #525646

analogous

#464A56 #4A4656 #524656

triadic

#4A4656 #564A46 #46564A

tetradic

#4A4656 #56464A #525646 #465652

square

#4A4656 #56464A #525646 #465652

split-complementary

#4A4656 #565246 #4A5646

monochromatic

#100F13 #2D2B34 #4A4656 #676178 #857F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4A4656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4A4656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4656

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4656	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48484B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.027 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7985',
    500: '#4a4656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4656;
$custom-light: #7c7985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40426,
    "c": 0.02697,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4656

secondary

#808573

accent

#B375A4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4656

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

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