#4E4257#4E4257

#4E4257 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.038 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4257
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 87)
HSL	hsl(274, 14%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 24%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 9.73, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 14.40, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0246 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.038 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8101, 6.2043, 9.8538)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4257 #4B5742

analogous

#444257 #4E4257 #574255

triadic

#4E4257 #574E42 #42574E

tetradic

#4E4257 #574442 #4B5742 #425557

square

#4E4257 #574442 #4B5742 #425557

split-complementary

#4E4257 #555742 #425744

monochromatic

#100D11 #2F2834 #4E4257 #6D5C7A #8C7A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4E4257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4257

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4257	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.038 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7686',
    500: '#4e4257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4257;
$custom-light: #7f7686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39964,
    "c": 0.03788,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4257

secondary

#79866F

accent

#B7718F

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4257

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

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