#4E455C#4E455C

#4E455C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.039 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E455C
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 92)
HSL	hsl(263, 14%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 25%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 25%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 9.02, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 15.17, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% 0.0213 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.039 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2014, 6.6487, 11.0271)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E455C #535C45

analogous

#45485C #4E455C #5A455C

triadic

#4E455C #5C4E45 #455C4E

tetradic

#4E455C #5C4548 #535C45 #455C5A

square

#4E455C #5C4548 #535C45 #455C5A

split-complementary

#4E455C #5C5A45 #485C45

monochromatic

#131116 #302B39 #4E455C #6C5F7F #8A7E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E455C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E455C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E455C

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E455C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E455C	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41495D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42495B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e455c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.039 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f788a',
    500: '#4e455c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e455c;
$custom-light: #7f788a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e455c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40858,
    "c": 0.03949,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E455C

secondary

#818B72

accent

#B7719C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E455C

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

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