#4E4355#4E4355

#4E4355 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.033 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4355
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 85)
HSL	hsl(277, 12%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 21%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 8.60, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 12.46, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0221 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.033 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7885, 6.2899, 9.4490)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4355 #4A5543

analogous

#454355 #4E4355 #554353

triadic

#4E4355 #554E43 #43554E

tetradic

#4E4355 #554543 #4A5543 #435355

square

#4E4355 #554543 #4A5543 #435355

split-complementary

#4E4355 #535543 #435545

monochromatic

#100D11 #2F2833 #4E4355 #6D5E77 #8C7B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E4355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E4355 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4355

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4355	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.033 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7784',
    500: '#4e4355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4355;
$custom-light: #7f7784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.401,
    "c": 0.03287,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4355

secondary

#788470

accent

#B5738D

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4355

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

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