#4E4756#4E4756

#4E4756 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.026 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4756
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 86)
HSL	hsl(268, 10%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 17%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 6.26, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 10.02, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0155 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.026 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0745, 6.7981, 9.7418)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4756 #4F5647

analogous

#474756 #4E4756 #554756

triadic

#4E4756 #564E47 #47564E

tetradic

#4E4756 #564747 #4F5647 #475655

square

#4E4756 #564747 #4F5647 #475655

split-complementary

#4E4756 #565547 #475647

monochromatic

#111013 #302B34 #4E4756 #6C6378 #8B8197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E4756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4756 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4756

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4756	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D494C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.026 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a85',
    500: '#4e4756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4756;
$custom-light: #7f7a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 9.554,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41051,
    "c": 0.02622,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4756

secondary

#7D8574

accent

#B37596

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4756

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

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