#4E425E#4E425E

#4E425E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.048 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E425E
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 94)
HSL	hsl(266, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 29.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.22, 11.47, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.22, 18.62, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.027 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.048 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1101, 6.3243, 11.4336)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E425E #525E42

analogous

#42445E #4E425E #5C425E

triadic

#4E425E #5E4E42 #425E4E

tetradic

#4E425E #5E4244 #525E42 #425E5C

square

#4E425E #5E4244 #525E42 #425E5C

split-complementary

#4E425E #5E5C42 #445E42

monochromatic

#121016 #30293A #4E425E #6C5B82 #8A79A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4E425E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E425E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E425E

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E425E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E425E	1.00	9.27	2.26	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D475F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F475D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C464C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e425e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.048 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80768b',
    500: '#4e425e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e425e;
$custom-light: #80768b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e425e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40287,
    "c": 0.04846,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E425E

secondary

#808D6E

accent

#BA6E99

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E425E

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

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