#4E4454#4E4454

#4E4454 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.029 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4454
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 84)
HSL	hsl(278, 11%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 19%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 19%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 7.72, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 11.10, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0199 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.029 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8090, 6.3941, 9.2613)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4454 #4A5444

analogous

#464454 #4E4454 #544452

triadic

#4E4454 #544E44 #44544E

tetradic

#4E4454 #544644 #4A5444 #445254

square

#4E4454 #544644 #4A5444 #445254

split-complementary

#4E4454 #525444 #445446

monochromatic

#100E11 #2F2932 #4E4454 #6D5F76 #8C7D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4E4454 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E4454 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4454

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4454	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4454	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)

#424755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4454;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.029 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7784',
    500: '#4e4454',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4454;
$custom-light: #7f7784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4454",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40283,
    "c": 0.02934,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4454

secondary

#788371

accent

#B3748C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4454

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

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