#4E4759#4E4759

#4E4759 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.031 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4759
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 89)
HSL	hsl(263, 11%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(263, 20%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 6.98, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 11.85, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0167 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.031 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1980, 6.8475, 10.3917)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#4E4759 #525947

analogous

#474959 #4E4759 #574759

triadic

#4E4759 #594E47 #47594E

tetradic

#4E4759 #594749 #525947 #475957

square

#4E4759 #594749 #525947 #475957

split-complementary

#4E4759 #595747 #495947

monochromatic

#121115 #302C37 #4E4759 #6C627B #8A809A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E4759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4759 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4759

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4759	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C494D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.031 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a88',
    500: '#4e4759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4759;
$custom-light: #7f7a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 11.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41177,
    "c": 0.03087,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4759

secondary

#808874

accent

#B4749B

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4759

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

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