#4E4556#4E4556

#4E4556 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.030 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4556
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 86)
HSL	hsl(272, 11%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 20%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 7.55, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 11.53, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.019 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.03 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9494, 6.5479, 9.7001)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4556 #4D5645

analogous

#454556 #4E4556 #564555

triadic

#4E4556 #564E45 #45564E

tetradic

#4E4556 #564545 #4D5645 #455556

square

#4E4556 #564545 #4D5645 #455556

split-complementary

#4E4556 #555645 #455645

monochromatic

#100F12 #2F2A34 #4E4556 #6D6078 #8B7E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E4556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4556

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4556	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D474B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.030 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7885',
    500: '#4e4556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4556;
$custom-light: #7f7885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 10.968,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40594,
    "c": 0.03025,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4556

secondary

#7B8572

accent

#B47492

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4556

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

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