#4E4554#4E4554

#4E4554 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.027 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4554
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 84)
HSL	hsl(276, 10%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 18%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, 7.08, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 10.34, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0182 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.027 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8700, 6.5161, 9.2816)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4554 #4B5445

analogous

#464554 #4E4554 #544553

triadic

#4E4554 #544E45 #45544E

tetradic

#4E4554 #544645 #4B5445 #455354

square

#4E4554 #544645 #4B5445 #455354

split-complementary

#4E4554 #535445 #455446

monochromatic

#100E11 #2F2932 #4E4554 #6D6176 #8C7E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4E4554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E4554 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4554

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4554	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E474A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.027 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7884',
    500: '#4e4554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4554;
$custom-light: #7f7884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4051,
    "c": 0.02727,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4554

secondary

#798372

accent

#B3758E

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4554

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

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