#4E445C#4E445C

#4E445C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.041 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E445C
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 92)
HSL	hsl(265, 15%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 26%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 9.66, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 15.91, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.023 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.041 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1404, 6.5267, 11.0067)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E445C #525C44

analogous

#44465C #4E445C #5A445C

triadic

#4E445C #5C4E44 #445C4E

tetradic

#4E445C #5C4446 #525C44 #445C5A

square

#4E445C #5C4446 #525C44 #445C5A

split-complementary

#4E445C #5C5A44 #465C44

monochromatic

#121016 #302A39 #4E445C #6C5E7F #8A7C9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E445C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E445C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E445C

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E445C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E445C	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40485D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41485B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C474C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e445c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.041 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f788a',
    500: '#4e445c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e445c;
$custom-light: #7f788a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e445c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40635,
    "c": 0.04144,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E445C

secondary

#808B71

accent

#B8709A

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E445C

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

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