#4E485D#4E485D

#4E485D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.035 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E485D
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 93)
HSL	hsl(257, 13%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 23%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 7.33, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 13.59, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0165 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.035 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4346, 7.0447, 11.3219)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E485D #575D48

analogous

#484D5D #4E485D #59485D

triadic

#4E485D #5D4E48 #485D4E

tetradic

#4E485D #5D484D #575D48 #485D59

square

#4E485D #5D484D #575D48 #485D59

split-complementary

#4E485D #5D5948 #4D5D48

monochromatic

#141318 #312D3B #4E485D #6B637F #8A829E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E485D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E485D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E485D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E485D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E485D	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e485d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.035 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8b',
    500: '#4e485d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e485d;
$custom-light: #7f7b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e485d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 12.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41579,
    "c": 0.0353,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E485D

secondary

#858C75

accent

#B672A2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E485D

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

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