#4D455E#4D455E

#4D455E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.042 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D455E
RGB	rgb(77, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(259, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 9.15, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 16.32, 304.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0207 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.042 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2086, 6.6422, 11.4898)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D455E #565E45

analogous

#454A5E #4D455E #5A455E

triadic

#4D455E #5E4D45 #455E4D

tetradic

#4D455E #5E454A #565E45 #455E5A

square

#4D455E #5E454A #565E45 #455E5A

split-complementary

#4D455E #5E5A45 #4A5E45

monochromatic

#131117 #302B3B #4D455E #6A5F81 #897DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#4D455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4D455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D455E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D455E	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40495F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41495D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A494E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.042 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f788b',
    500: '#4d455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d455e;
$custom-light: #7f788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4085,
    "c": 0.04237,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D455E

secondary

#848D72

accent

#B870A1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D455E

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

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