#4E4657#4E4657

#4E4657 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.030 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4657
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 87)
HSL	hsl(268, 11%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 20%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 7.14, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 11.38, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% 0.0177 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.03 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0520, 6.6882, 9.9344)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4657 #4F5746

analogous

#464657 #4E4657 #564657

triadic

#4E4657 #574E46 #46574E

tetradic

#4E4657 #574646 #4F5746 #465756

square

#4E4657 #574646 #4F5746 #465756

split-complementary

#4E4657 #575646 #465746

monochromatic

#110F13 #302B35 #4E4657 #6C6179 #8B7F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E4657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E4657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4657

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4657	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D484C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.030 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7986',
    500: '#4e4657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4657;
$custom-light: #7f7986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 10.828,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40864,
    "c": 0.02975,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4657

secondary

#7D8673

accent

#B47496

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4657

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

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