#4E4258#4E4258

#4E4258 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.039 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4258
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 88)
HSL	hsl(273, 14%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 25%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 25%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.96, 9.97, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.96, 15.00, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.025 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.039 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8512, 6.2208, 10.0704)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4258 #4C5842

analogous

#434258 #4E4258 #584257

triadic

#4E4258 #584E42 #42584E

tetradic

#4E4258 #584342 #4C5842 #425758

square

#4E4258 #584342 #4C5842 #425758

split-complementary

#4E4258 #575842 #425843

monochromatic

#100E12 #2F2835 #4E4258 #6D5C7B #8C7A9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E4258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4258 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4258

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4258	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.039 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7687',
    500: '#4e4258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4258;
$custom-light: #7f7687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40008,
    "c": 0.03937,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4258

secondary

#7A876F

accent

#B77191

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4258

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

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