#4E445F#4E445F

#4E445F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.046 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E445F
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 95)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(262, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 10.42, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 17.75, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.024 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.046 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2741, 6.5802, 11.7111)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E445F #555F44

analogous

#44485F #4E445F #5C445F

triadic

#4E445F #5F4E44 #445F4E

tetradic

#4E445F #5F4448 #555F44 #445F5C

square

#4E445F #5F4448 #555F44 #445F5C

split-complementary

#4E445F #5F5C44 #485F44

monochromatic

#131118 #312A3B #4E445F #6B5E83 #8A7CA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4E445F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E445F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E445F

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E445F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E445F	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40485E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e445f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.046 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80788c',
    500: '#4e445f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e445f;
$custom-light: #80788c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e445f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 16.564,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40775,
    "c": 0.04611,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E445F

secondary

#838E71

accent

#B96F9E

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E445F

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

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