#4E4558#4E4558

#4E4558 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.033 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4558
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 88)
HSL	hsl(268, 12%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 22%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 8.03, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 12.73, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0198 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.033 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0311, 6.5806, 10.1304)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4558 #4F5845

analogous

#454558 #4E4558 #574558

triadic

#4E4558 #584E45 #45584E

tetradic

#4E4558 #584545 #4F5845 #455857

square

#4E4558 #584545 #4F5845 #455857

split-complementary

#4E4558 #585745 #455845

monochromatic

#110F13 #302A36 #4E4558 #6C607A #8B7E9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4E4558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E4558 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4558

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4558	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D474B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.033 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7887',
    500: '#4e4558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4558;
$custom-light: #7f7887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 12.102,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4068,
    "c": 0.03329,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4558

secondary

#7D8772

accent

#B57396

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4558

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

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