#4E4255#4E4255

#4E4255 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.035 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4255
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 85)
HSL	hsl(278, 13%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 22%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 9.25, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 13.22, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0238 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.035 313)
XYZ	xyz(6.7295, 6.1721, 9.4294)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4255 #495542

analogous

#454255 #4E4255 #554253

triadic

#4E4255 #554E42 #42554E

tetradic

#4E4255 #554542 #495542 #425355

square

#4E4255 #554542 #495542 #425355

split-complementary

#4E4255 #535542 #425545

monochromatic

#100D11 #2E2733 #4E4255 #6E5D77 #8D7A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4E4255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4255

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4255	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.035 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7684',
    500: '#4e4255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4255;
$custom-light: #7f7684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39876,
    "c": 0.03495,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.06172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4255

secondary

#77846F

accent

#B5728B

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4255

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

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