#4E435B#4E435B

#4E435B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.042 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E435B
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 91)
HSL	hsl(268, 15%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 26%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 10.06, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 16.05, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0243 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.042 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0370, 6.3894, 10.7581)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E435B #505B43

analogous

#43445B #4E435B #5A435B

triadic

#4E435B #5B4E43 #435B4E

tetradic

#4E435B #5B4344 #505B43 #435B5A

square

#4E435B #5B4344 #505B43 #435B5A

split-complementary

#4E435B #5B5A43 #445B43

monochromatic

#120F15 #302938 #4E435B #6C5D7E #8B7B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4E435B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E435B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E435B

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E435B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E435B	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F475C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41485A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C464B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e435b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.042 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7789',
    500: '#4e435b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e435b;
$custom-light: #7f7789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e435b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40366,
    "c": 0.04188,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E435B

secondary

#7E8A70

accent

#B87097

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E435B

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

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