#4E4458#4E4458

#4E4458 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.035 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4458
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 88)
HSL	hsl(270, 13%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 23%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 8.68, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 13.48, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0215 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.035 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9701, 6.4586, 10.1101)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4458 #4E5844

analogous

#444458 #4E4458 #584458

triadic

#4E4458 #584E44 #44584E

tetradic

#4E4458 #584444 #4E5844 #445858

square

#4E4458 #584444 #4E5844 #445858

split-complementary

#4E4458 #585844 #445844

monochromatic

#110F13 #2F2935 #4E4458 #6D5F7B #8B7C9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E4458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4458 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4458

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4458	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D474B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.035 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7887',
    500: '#4e4458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4458;
$custom-light: #7f7887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40455,
    "c": 0.0353,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4458

secondary

#7C8771

accent

#B67294

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4458

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

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