#4E4857#4E4857

#4E4857 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.026 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4857
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 87)
HSL	hsl(264, 9%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 17%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 5.86, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 9.89, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.0142 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.026 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1792, 6.9426, 9.9768)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4857 #515748

analogous

#484957 #4E4857 #554857

triadic

#4E4857 #574E48 #48574E

tetradic

#4E4857 #574849 #515748 #485755

square

#4E4857 #574849 #515748 #485755

split-complementary

#4E4857 #575548 #495748

monochromatic

#121114 #302C36 #4E4857 #6C6478 #8B8297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E4857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4857

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4857	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.026 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b86',
    500: '#4e4857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4857;
$custom-light: #7f7b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 9.434,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41322,
    "c": 0.02578,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4857

secondary

#7F8675

accent

#B2759A

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4857

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

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