#4E445D#4E445D

#4E445D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.043 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E445D
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 93)
HSL	hsl(264, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 27%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 9.92, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 16.53, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0233 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.043 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1844, 6.5443, 11.2385)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E445D #535D44

analogous

#44475D #4E445D #5B445D

triadic

#4E445D #5D4E44 #445D4E

tetradic

#4E445D #5D4447 #535D44 #445D5B

square

#4E445D #5D4447 #535D44 #445D5B

split-complementary

#4E445D #5D5B44 #475D44

monochromatic

#131016 #302A3A #4E445D #6C5E80 #8A7C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#4E445D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E445D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E445D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E445D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E445D	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F485E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41485C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e445d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.043 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80788b',
    500: '#4e445d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e445d;
$custom-light: #80788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e445d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 15.528,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40681,
    "c": 0.04299,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E445D

secondary

#818C71

accent

#B8709B

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E445D

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

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