#4E475E#4E475E

#4E475E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.039 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E475E
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 94)
HSL	hsl(258, 14%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 24%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 24.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 8.23, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 14.94, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% 0.0186 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.039 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4151, 6.9343, 11.5353)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E475E #575E47

analogous

#474C5E #4E475E #5A475E

triadic

#4E475E #5E4E47 #475E4E

tetradic

#4E475E #5E474C #575E47 #475E5A

square

#4E475E #5E474C #575E47 #475E5A

split-complementary

#4E475E #5E5A47 #4C5E47

monochromatic

#141218 #312D3B #4E475E #6B6181 #8A809F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#4E475E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E475E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E475E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E475E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E475E	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e475e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.039 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a8b',
    500: '#4e475e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e475e;
$custom-light: #7f7a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e475e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 13.939,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41398,
    "c": 0.03879,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E475E

secondary

#858D74

accent

#B771A2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E475E

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

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