#4E4553#4E4553

#4E4553 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.026 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4553
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 83)
HSL	hsl(279, 9%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 17%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 16.9%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 6.84, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 9.75, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.0178 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.026 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8311, 6.5005, 9.0768)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4553 #4A5345

analogous

#474553 #4E4553 #534551

triadic

#4E4553 #534E45 #45534E

tetradic

#4E4553 #534745 #4A5345 #455153

square

#4E4553 #534745 #4A5345 #455153

split-complementary

#4E4553 #515345 #455347

monochromatic

#100E11 #2F2932 #4E4553 #6D6174 #8C7E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#4E4553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E4553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4553

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4553	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E474A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.026 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7883',
    500: '#4e4553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4553;
$custom-light: #7f7883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 9.211,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40469,
    "c": 0.0258,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4553

secondary

#788272

accent

#B2768B

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4553

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

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