#4E4760#4E4760

#4E4760 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.042 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4760
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 96)
HSL	hsl(257, 15%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 26%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 8.74, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 16.18, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.0193 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.042 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5060, 6.9707, 12.0141)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4760 #596047

analogous

#474C60 #4E4760 #5A4760

triadic

#4E4760 #604E47 #47604E

tetradic

#4E4760 #60474C #596047 #47605A

square

#4E4760 #60474C #596047 #47605A

split-complementary

#4E4760 #605A47 #4C6047

monochromatic

#15131A #312D3D #4E4760 #6B6183 #8980A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#4E4760 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4760 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4760

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4760	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4760	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4760;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.042 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807a8d',
    500: '#4e4760',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4760;
$custom-light: #807a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4760",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 14.97,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4149,
    "c": 0.04197,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4760

secondary

#878F74

accent

#B870A4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4760

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

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