#4E4653#4E4653

#4E4653 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.024 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4653
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 83)
HSL	hsl(277, 8%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 16%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 15.7%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 6.20, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 8.99, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.016 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.024 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8931, 6.6246, 9.0975)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4653 #4B5346

analogous

#474653 #4E4653 #534652

triadic

#4E4653 #534E46 #46534E

tetradic

#4E4653 #534746 #4B5346 #465253

square

#4E4653 #534746 #4B5346 #465253

split-complementary

#4E4653 #525346 #465347

monochromatic

#100E11 #2F2A32 #4E4653 #6D6274 #8C8094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4E4653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4653 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4653

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4653	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)

#444854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E474A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.024 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7983',
    500: '#4e4653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4653;
$custom-light: #7f7983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 8.497,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40698,
    "c": 0.02374,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4653

secondary

#798273

accent

#B2768D

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4653

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

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