#4E4356#4E4356

#4E4356 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.034 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4356
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 86)
HSL	hsl(275, 12%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 22%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 22.1%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 8.84, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 13.05, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0225 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.034 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8285, 6.3060, 9.6597)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4356 #4B5643

analogous

#454356 #4E4356 #564354

triadic

#4E4356 #564E43 #43564E

tetradic

#4E4356 #564543 #4B5643 #435456

square

#4E4356 #564543 #4B5643 #435456

split-complementary

#4E4356 #545643 #435645

monochromatic

#100D11 #2F2834 #4E4356 #6D5E78 #8C7B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#4E4356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E4356 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4356

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4356	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.034 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7785',
    500: '#4e4356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4356;
$custom-light: #7f7785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40143,
    "c": 0.03435,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4356

secondary

#798570

accent

#B5738F

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4356

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

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