#4E4058#4E4058

#4E4058 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.043 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4058
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 88)
HSL	hsl(275, 16%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 27%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 11.27, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 16.52, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0284 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.043 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7364, 5.9911, 10.0322)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4058 #4A5840

analogous

#424058 #4E4058 #584056

triadic

#4E4058 #584E40 #40584E

tetradic

#4E4058 #584240 #4A5840 #405658

square

#4E4058 #584240 #4A5840 #405658

split-complementary

#4E4058 #565840 #405842

monochromatic

#100D12 #2F2635 #4E4058 #6D5A7B #8C779C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#4E4058 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E4058 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4058

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4058	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4058	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4058;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.043 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7587',
    500: '#4e4058',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4058;
$custom-light: #7f7587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4058",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39567,
    "c": 0.04346,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4058

secondary

#78876C

accent

#B96F8E

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4058

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

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