#4D495F#4D495F

#4D495F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.037 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D495F
RGB	rgb(77, 73, 95)
HSL	hsl(251, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(251, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 6.83, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 14.07, 299.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% 0.0143 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.037 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5082, 7.1690, 11.8125)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D495F #5B5F49

analogous

#49505F #4D495F #58495F

triadic

#4D495F #5F4D49 #495F4D

tetradic

#4D495F #5F4950 #5B5F49 #495F58

square

#4D495F #5F4950 #5B5F49 #495F58

split-complementary

#4D495F #5F5849 #505F49

monochromatic

#15141A #312E3C #4D495F #696482 #8883A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#4D495F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4D495F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D495F

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D495F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D495F	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d495f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 73, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.037 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8c',
    500: '#4d495f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d495f;
$custom-light: #7f7b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d495f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 13.095,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.418,
    "c": 0.03654,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D495F

secondary

#898D76

accent

#B672AA

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D495F

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

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