#4E4855#4E4855

#4E4855 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.023 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4855
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 85)
HSL	hsl(268, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 15%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 5.38, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 8.67, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.0134 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.023 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0986, 6.9103, 9.5524)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4855 #4F5548

analogous

#484855 #4E4855 #544855

triadic

#4E4855 #554E48 #48554E

tetradic

#4E4855 #554848 #4F5548 #485554

square

#4E4855 #554848 #4F5548 #485554

split-complementary

#4E4855 #555448 #485548

monochromatic

#111013 #302C34 #4E4855 #6C6476 #8B8295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E4855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E4855 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4855

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4855	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.023 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b84',
    500: '#4e4855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4855;
$custom-light: #7f7b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 8.28,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4124,
    "c": 0.02267,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4855

secondary

#7D8475

accent

#B17696

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4855

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

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