#4E455A#4E455A

#4E455A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.036 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E455A
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 90)
HSL	hsl(266, 13%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 23%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 8.52, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 13.95, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0205 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.036 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1151, 6.6141, 10.5727)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E455A #515A45

analogous

#45465A #4E455A #58455A

triadic

#4E455A #5A4E45 #455A4E

tetradic

#4E455A #5A4546 #515A45 #455A58

square

#4E455A #5A4546 #515A45 #455A58

split-complementary

#4E455A #5A5845 #465A45

monochromatic

#121015 #302A37 #4E455A #6C607D #8B7E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#4E455A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E455A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E455A

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E455A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E455A	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41485B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C484C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e455a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.036 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7888',
    500: '#4e455a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e455a;
$custom-light: #7f7888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e455a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 13.208,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40768,
    "c": 0.03637,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E455A

secondary

#7F8972

accent

#B67299

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E455A

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

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