#4E455F#4E455F

#4E455F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.044 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E455F
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 95)
HSL	hsl(261, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 9.78, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 17.02, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41% 0.0223 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.044 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3351, 6.7022, 11.7315)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E455F #565F45

analogous

#45495F #4E455F #5B455F

triadic

#4E455F #5F4E45 #455F4E

tetradic

#4E455F #5F4549 #565F45 #455F5B

square

#4E455F #5F4549 #565F45 #455F5B

split-complementary

#4E455F #5F5B45 #495F45

monochromatic

#141218 #312B3C #4E455F #6B5F82 #8A7DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4E455F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E455F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E455F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E455F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E455F	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41495E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B494E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e455f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.044 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80788c',
    500: '#4e455f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e455f;
$custom-light: #80788c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e455f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40996,
    "c": 0.04419,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E455F

secondary

#848E72

accent

#B96F9F

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E455F

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

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