#4E4157#4E4157

#4E4157 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.040 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4157
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 87)
HSL	hsl(275, 14%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 25%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 10.38, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 15.16, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.0263 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.04 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7522, 6.0885, 9.8345)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4157 #4A5741

analogous

#434157 #4E4157 #574155

triadic

#4E4157 #574E41 #41574E

tetradic

#4E4157 #574341 #4A5741 #415557

square

#4E4157 #574341 #4A5741 #415557

split-complementary

#4E4157 #555741 #415743

monochromatic

#100D12 #2F2734 #4E4157 #6D5B7A #8C789A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4E4157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E4157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4157

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4157	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.040 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7586',
    500: '#4e4157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4157;
$custom-light: #7f7586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39742,
    "c": 0.03993,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4157

secondary

#78866E

accent

#B7718D

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4157

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

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