#4E4757#4E4757

#4E4757 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.028 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4757
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 87)
HSL	hsl(266, 10%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 18%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 6.50, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 10.63, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.0159 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.028 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.1151, 6.8143, 9.9554)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4757 #505747

analogous

#474857 #4E4757 #564757

triadic

#4E4757 #574E47 #47574E

tetradic

#4E4757 #574748 #505747 #475756

square

#4E4757 #574748 #505747 #475756

split-complementary

#4E4757 #575647 #485747

monochromatic

#121014 #302B35 #4E4757 #6C6279 #8B8198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E4757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4757

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4757	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D494C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.028 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a86',
    500: '#4e4757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4757;
$custom-light: #7f7a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41092,
    "c": 0.02776,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.06814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4757

secondary

#7E8674

accent

#B37598

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4757

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

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