#4E485B#4E485B

#4E485B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.032 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E485B
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 91)
HSL	hsl(259, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 6.83, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 12.35, 303.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.0158 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.032 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3472, 7.0097, 10.8614)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E485B #555B48

analogous

#484C5B #4E485B #58485B

triadic

#4E485B #5B4E48 #485B4E

tetradic

#4E485B #5B484C #555B48 #485B58

square

#4E485B #5B484C #555B48 #485B58

split-complementary

#4E485B #5B5848 #4C5B48

monochromatic

#131217 #312D39 #4E485B #6B637D #8A829C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#4E485B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E485B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E485B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E485B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E485B	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e485b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.032 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b89',
    500: '#4e485b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e485b;
$custom-light: #7f7b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e485b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 11.656,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41491,
    "c": 0.03211,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E485B

secondary

#838A75

accent

#B573A0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E485B

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

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