#4E4156#4E4156

#4E4156 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.038 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4156
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 86)
HSL	hsl(277, 14%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 24%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 10.14, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 14.57, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.026 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.038 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7116, 6.0723, 9.6208)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4156 #495641

analogous

#444156 #4E4156 #564154

triadic

#4E4156 #564E41 #41564E

tetradic

#4E4156 #564441 #495641 #415456

square

#4E4156 #564441 #495641 #415456

split-complementary

#4E4156 #545641 #415644

monochromatic

#100D11 #2E2733 #4E4156 #6E5B79 #8D7899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4E4156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4156

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4156	1.00	9.48	2.21	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.038 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7585',
    500: '#4e4156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4156;
$custom-light: #7f7585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39697,
    "c": 0.03847,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4156

secondary

#77856E

accent

#B7718C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4156

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

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