#4E4158#4E4158

#4E4158 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.041 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4158
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 88)
HSL	hsl(274, 15%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 10.62, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 15.76, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0267 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.041 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7933, 6.1049, 10.0511)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4158 #4B5841

analogous

#424158 #4E4158 #584157

triadic

#4E4158 #584E41 #41584E

tetradic

#4E4158 #584241 #4B5841 #415758

square

#4E4158 #584241 #4B5841 #415758

split-complementary

#4E4158 #575841 #415842

monochromatic

#100D12 #2F2735 #4E4158 #6D5B7B #8C789B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E4158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E4158 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4158

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4158	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.041 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7587',
    500: '#4e4158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4158;
$custom-light: #7f7587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 15.033,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39787,
    "c": 0.0414,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4158

secondary

#79876E

accent

#B8708F

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4158

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

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