#4E4455#4E4455

#4E4455 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.031 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4455
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 85)
HSL	hsl(275, 11%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 20%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 20%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 7.96, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 11.69, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0203 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.031 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8484, 6.4099, 9.4690)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4455 #4B5544

analogous

#464455 #4E4455 #554453

triadic

#4E4455 #554E44 #44554E

tetradic

#4E4455 #554644 #4B5544 #445355

square

#4E4455 #554644 #4B5544 #445355

split-complementary

#4E4455 #535544 #445546

monochromatic

#100E11 #2F2933 #4E4455 #6D5F77 #8C7D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4E4455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E4455 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4455

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4455	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.031 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7784',
    500: '#4e4455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4455;
$custom-light: #7f7784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40325,
    "c": 0.03081,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4455

secondary

#798471

accent

#B4748E

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4455

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

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