#4E4256#4E4256

#4E4256 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.036 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4256
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 86)
HSL	hsl(276, 13%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, 9.49, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 13.81, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0242 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.036 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7695, 6.1881, 9.6401)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4256 #4A5642

analogous

#444256 #4E4256 #564254

triadic

#4E4256 #564E42 #42564E

tetradic

#4E4256 #564442 #4A5642 #425456

square

#4E4256 #564442 #4A5642 #425456

split-complementary

#4E4256 #545642 #425644

monochromatic

#100D11 #2F2733 #4E4256 #6D5D79 #8C7A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E4256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4256 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4256

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4256	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.036 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7685',
    500: '#4e4256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4256;
$custom-light: #7f7685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39919,
    "c": 0.03641,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4256

secondary

#78856F

accent

#B6728D

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4256

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

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