#4E435D#4E435D

#4E435D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.045 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E435D
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 93)
HSL	hsl(265, 16%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 28%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 28%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 10.56, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 17.27, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.025 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.045 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1244, 6.4243, 11.2185)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E435D #525D43

analogous

#43455D #4E435D #5B435D

triadic

#4E435D #5D4E43 #435D4E

tetradic

#4E435D #5D4345 #525D43 #435D5B

square

#4E435D #5D4345 #525D43 #435D5B

split-complementary

#4E435D #5D5B43 #455D43

monochromatic

#121016 #302939 #4E435D #6C5D81 #8A7BA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E435D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E435D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E435D

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E435D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E435D	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E475E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40485C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C474C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e435d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.045 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80778b',
    500: '#4e435d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e435d;
$custom-light: #80778b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e435d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40459,
    "c": 0.04496,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E435D

secondary

#808C70

accent

#B96F9A

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E435D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →