#4E4956#4E4956

#4E4956 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.022 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4956
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 86)
HSL	hsl(263, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(263, 15%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 4.98, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 8.54, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.0121 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.022 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2038, 7.0567, 9.7849)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4956 #515649

analogous

#494A56 #4E4956 #544956

triadic

#4E4956 #564E49 #49564E

tetradic

#4E4956 #56494A #515649 #495654

square

#4E4956 #56494A #515649 #495654

split-complementary

#4E4956 #565449 #4A5649

monochromatic

#121114 #302D35 #4E4956 #6C6577 #8B8396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#4E4956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E4956 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4956

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4956	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.022 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b85',
    500: '#4e4956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4956;
$custom-light: #7f7b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 8.176,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41512,
    "c": 0.02225,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4956

secondary

#7F8576

accent

#B1779B

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4956

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