#4E4155#4E4155

#4E4155 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.037 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4155
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 85)
HSL	hsl(279, 13%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 24%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, 9.90, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 13.99, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.0256 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.037 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6716, 6.0562, 9.4101)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4155 #485541

analogous

#444155 #4E4155 #554152

triadic

#4E4155 #554E41 #41554E

tetradic

#4E4155 #554441 #485541 #415255

square

#4E4155 #554441 #485541 #415255

split-complementary

#4E4155 #525541 #415544

monochromatic

#100D11 #2E2632 #4E4155 #6E5C78 #8D7898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4E4155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4155

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4155	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.037 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7585',
    500: '#4e4155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4155;
$custom-light: #7f7585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39653,
    "c": 0.03703,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4155

secondary

#76846E

accent

#B6728A

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4155

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

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