#4E455E#4E455E

#4E455E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.043 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E455E
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(262, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(262, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 9.52, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 16.40, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.022 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.043 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.2900, 6.6841, 11.4936)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E455E #555E45

analogous

#45495E #4E455E #5B455E

triadic

#4E455E #5E4E45 #455E4E

tetradic

#4E455E #5E4549 #555E45 #455E5B

square

#4E455E #5E4549 #555E45 #455E5B

split-complementary

#4E455E #5E5B45 #495E45

monochromatic

#131117 #312B3B #4E455E #6B5F81 #8A7DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#4E455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E455E

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E455E	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40495F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42495D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B494E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.043 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80788b',
    500: '#4e455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e455e;
$custom-light: #80788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4095,
    "c": 0.04261,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.06684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E455E

secondary

#838D72

accent

#B8709E

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E455E

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

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