#4E4656#4E4656

#4E4656 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.028 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4656
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 86)
HSL	hsl(270, 10%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 19%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 6.90, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 10.77, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0173 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.028 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0115, 6.6719, 9.7207)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4656 #4E5646

analogous

#464656 #4E4656 #564656

triadic

#4E4656 #564E46 #46564E

tetradic

#4E4656 #564646 #4E5646 #465656

square

#4E4656 #564646 #4E5646 #465656

split-complementary

#4E4656 #565646 #465646

monochromatic

#110F13 #2F2B34 #4E4656 #6D6178 #8B7F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4E4656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4656

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4656	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)

#444957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D484B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.028 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7985',
    500: '#4e4656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4656;
$custom-light: #7f7985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40822,
    "c": 0.02822,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4656

secondary

#7C8573

accent

#B37594

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4656

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

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