#4E455D#4E455D

#4E455D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.041 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E455D
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 93)
HSL	hsl(263, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 26%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 9.27, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 15.79, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0216 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.041 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2454, 6.6663, 11.2588)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E455D #545D45

analogous

#45485D #4E455D #5A455D

triadic

#4E455D #5D4E45 #455D4E

tetradic

#4E455D #5D4548 #545D45 #455D5A

square

#4E455D #5D4548 #545D45 #455D5A

split-complementary

#4E455D #5D5A45 #485D45

monochromatic

#131117 #312B3A #4E455D #6B5F80 #8A7D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4E455D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E455D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E455D

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E455D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E455D	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40495E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42495C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e455d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.041 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f788b',
    500: '#4e455d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e455d;
$custom-light: #7f788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e455d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 14.815,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40903,
    "c": 0.04105,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E455D

secondary

#828C72

accent

#B8709D

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E455D

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

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