#4C4656#4C4656

#4C4656 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.027 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4656
RGB	rgb(76, 70, 86)
HSL	hsl(263, 10%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(263, 19%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 6.13, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 10.55, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0147 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.027 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8500, 6.5887, 9.7132)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4656 #505646

analogous

#464856 #4C4656 #544656

triadic

#4C4656 #564C46 #46564C

tetradic

#4C4656 #564648 #505646 #465654

square

#4C4656 #564648 #505646 #465654

split-complementary

#4C4656 #565446 #485646

monochromatic

#100F13 #2E2B34 #4C4656 #6A6178 #887F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#4C4656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4C4656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4656

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4656	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A484B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 70, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.027 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7985',
    500: '#4c4656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4656;
$custom-light: #7e7985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40622,
    "c": 0.02747,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4656

secondary

#7E8573

accent

#B3759C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4656

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

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