#4E485A#4E485A

#4E485A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.031 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E485A
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 90)
HSL	hsl(260, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 20%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 20%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 6.59, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 11.73, 304.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% 0.0154 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.031 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3043, 6.9926, 10.6358)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E485A #545A48

analogous

#484B5A #4E485A #57485A

triadic

#4E485A #5A4E48 #485A4E

tetradic

#4E485A #5A484B #545A48 #485A57

square

#4E485A #5A484B #545A48 #485A57

split-complementary

#4E485A #5A5748 #4B5A48

monochromatic

#131216 #312D38 #4E485A #6B637C #8A829B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E485A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E485A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E485A

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E485A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E485A	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e485a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.031 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b88',
    500: '#4e485a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e485a;
$custom-light: #7f7b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e485a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41448,
    "c": 0.03052,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E485A

secondary

#828975

accent

#B4749F

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E485A

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

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