#4E4856#4E4856

#4E4856 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.024 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4856
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 86)
HSL	hsl(266, 9%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 16%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 5.62, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 9.28, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.0138 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.024 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1387, 6.9263, 9.7631)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4856 #505648

analogous

#484956 #4E4856 #554856

triadic

#4E4856 #564E48 #48564E

tetradic

#4E4856 #564849 #505648 #485655

square

#4E4856 #564849 #505648 #485655

split-complementary

#4E4856 #565548 #495648

monochromatic

#121013 #302C35 #4E4856 #6C6477 #8B8296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#4E4856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4856

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4856	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)

#464A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.024 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b85',
    500: '#4e4856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4856;
$custom-light: #7f7b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 8.861,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4128,
    "c": 0.02422,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4856

secondary

#7E8575

accent

#B27698

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4856

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

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