#4E4557#4E4557

#4E4557 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.032 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4557
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 87)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 21%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 7.79, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 12.13, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0194 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.032 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9900, 6.5641, 9.9137)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4557 #4E5745

analogous

#454557 #4E4557 #574557

triadic

#4E4557 #574E45 #45574E

tetradic

#4E4557 #574545 #4E5745 #455757

square

#4E4557 #574545 #4E5745 #455757

split-complementary

#4E4557 #575745 #455745

monochromatic

#110F13 #2F2A35 #4E4557 #6D6079 #8B7E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E4557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4557

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4557	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D474B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.032 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7886',
    500: '#4e4557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4557;
$custom-light: #7f7886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40637,
    "c": 0.03177,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4557

secondary

#7C8672

accent

#B47394

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4557

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

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