#4E4456#4E4456

#4E4456 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.032 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4456
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 86)
HSL	hsl(273, 12%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 21%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 8.19, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 12.29, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0207 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.032 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8884, 6.4259, 9.6797)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4456 #4C5644

analogous

#454456 #4E4456 #564455

triadic

#4E4456 #564E44 #44564E

tetradic

#4E4456 #564544 #4C5644 #445556

square

#4E4456 #564544 #4C5644 #445556

split-complementary

#4E4456 #555644 #445645

monochromatic

#100E12 #2F2934 #4E4456 #6D5F78 #8C7D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E4456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4456 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4456

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4456	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.032 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7885',
    500: '#4e4456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4456;
$custom-light: #7f7885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40368,
    "c": 0.03229,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4456

secondary

#7A8571

accent

#B57390

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4456

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

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