#4E485C#4E485C

#4E485C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.034 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E485C
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 92)
HSL	hsl(258, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 7.08, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 12.97, 303.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.0162 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.034 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3906, 7.0271, 11.0901)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E485C #565C48

analogous

#484C5C #4E485C #58485C

triadic

#4E485C #5C4E48 #485C4E

tetradic

#4E485C #5C484C #565C48 #485C58

square

#4E485C #5C484C #565C48 #485C58

split-complementary

#4E485C #5C5848 #4C5C48

monochromatic

#141217 #312D3A #4E485C #6B637E #8A829D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4E485C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E485C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E485C

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E485C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E485C	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e485c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.034 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8a',
    500: '#4e485c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e485c;
$custom-light: #7f7b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e485c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41535,
    "c": 0.0337,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E485C

secondary

#848B75

accent

#B573A1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E485C

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

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