#4E455B#4E455B

#4E455B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.038 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E455B
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 91)
HSL	hsl(265, 14%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 24%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 8.77, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 14.56, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0209 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.038 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1580, 6.6313, 10.7984)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E455B #525B45

analogous

#45475B #4E455B #59455B

triadic

#4E455B #5B4E45 #455B4E

tetradic

#4E455B #5B4547 #525B45 #455B59

square

#4E455B #5B4547 #525B45 #455B59

split-complementary

#4E455B #5B5945 #475B45

monochromatic

#121015 #302B38 #4E455B #6C5F7E #8A7E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4E455B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E455B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E455B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E455B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E455B	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41495C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43495A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e455b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.038 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7889',
    500: '#4e455b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e455b;
$custom-light: #7f7889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e455b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40813,
    "c": 0.03793,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E455B

secondary

#808A72

accent

#B7719A

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E455B

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

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