#4E4555#4E4555

#4E4555 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.029 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4555
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 85)
HSL	hsl(274, 10%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 19%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 7.31, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 10.93, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0186 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.029 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9094, 6.5319, 9.4893)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4555 #4C5545

analogous

#464555 #4E4555 #554554

triadic

#4E4555 #554E45 #45554E

tetradic

#4E4555 #554645 #4C5545 #455455

square

#4E4555 #554645 #4C5545 #455455

split-complementary

#4E4555 #545545 #455546

monochromatic

#100E11 #2F2A33 #4E4555 #6D6077 #8C7E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E4555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4555 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4555

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4555	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D474A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.029 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7884',
    500: '#4e4555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4555;
$custom-light: #7f7884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 10.39,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40552,
    "c": 0.02876,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4555

secondary

#7A8472

accent

#B37490

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4555

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

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