#4E4056#4E4056

#4E4056 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.041 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4056
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 86)
HSL	hsl(278, 15%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 10.79, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 15.34, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0277 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.041 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6547, 5.9585, 9.6018)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4056 #485640

analogous

#434056 #4E4056 #564053

triadic

#4E4056 #564E40 #40564E

tetradic

#4E4056 #564340 #485640 #405356

square

#4E4056 #564340 #485640 #405356

split-complementary

#4E4056 #535640 #405643

monochromatic

#100D12 #2E2633 #4E4056 #6E5A79 #8D779A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4E4056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E4056 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4056

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4056	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.041 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7585',
    500: '#4e4056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4056;
$custom-light: #7f7585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39476,
    "c": 0.04055,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4056

secondary

#76856C

accent

#B7708A

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4056

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

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