#4E485F#4E485F

#4E485F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.038 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E485F
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 95)
HSL	hsl(256, 14%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 24%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 7.84, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 14.84, 301.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.67% 0.0173 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(41.67% 0.039 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5244, 7.0806, 11.7945)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E485F #595F48

analogous

#484E5F #4E485F #59485F

triadic

#4E485F #5F4E48 #485F4E

tetradic

#4E485F #5F484E #595F48 #485F59

square

#4E485F #5F484E #595F48 #485F59

split-complementary

#4E485F #5F5948 #4E5F48

monochromatic

#151319 #312E3C #4E485F #6B6282 #8982A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#4E485F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E485F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E485F

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E485F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E485F	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e485f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.038 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8c',
    500: '#4e485f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e485f;
$custom-light: #7f7b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e485f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 13.772,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41669,
    "c": 0.0385,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E485F

secondary

#878E75

accent

#B771A4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E485F

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

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