#4E435E#4E435E

#4E435E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.046 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E435E
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 94)
HSL	hsl(264, 17%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 29%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 28.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 10.82, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 17.88, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0253 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.047 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.1690, 6.4422, 11.4533)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E435E #535E43

analogous

#43465E #4E435E #5C435E

triadic

#4E435E #5E4E43 #435E4E

tetradic

#4E435E #5E4346 #535E43 #435E5C

square

#4E435E #5E4346 #535E43 #435E5C

split-complementary

#4E435E #5E5C43 #465E43

monochromatic

#131017 #302A3A #4E435E #6C5C82 #8A7BA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E435E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E435E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E435E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E435E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E435E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E485F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40485D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C474C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e435e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.046 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80778b',
    500: '#4e435e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e435e;
$custom-light: #80778b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e435e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40507,
    "c": 0.0465,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.06442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E435E

secondary

#818D70

accent

#B96E9B

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E435E

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

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