#4E445E#4E445E

#4E445E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.045 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E445E
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 94)
HSL	hsl(263, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 27.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 10.17, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 17.14, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.0237 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.045 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2290, 6.5621, 11.4733)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E445E #545E44

analogous

#44475E #4E445E #5B445E

triadic

#4E445E #5E4E44 #445E4E

tetradic

#4E445E #5E4447 #545E44 #445E5B

square

#4E445E #5E4447 #545E44 #445E5B

split-complementary

#4E445E #5E5B44 #475E44

monochromatic

#131117 #312A3A #4E445E #6B5E82 #8A7CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E445E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E445E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E445E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E445E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E445E	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F485F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41485D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e445e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.045 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80788b',
    500: '#4e445e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e445e;
$custom-light: #80788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e445e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40727,
    "c": 0.04455,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E445E

secondary

#828D71

accent

#B96F9C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E445E

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

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