#4E4957#4E4957

#4E4957 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.024 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4957
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 87)
HSL	hsl(261, 9%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(261, 16%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 5.22, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 9.15, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% 0.0125 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.024 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2444, 7.0729, 9.9985)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4957 #525749

analogous

#494B57 #4E4957 #554957

triadic

#4E4957 #574E49 #49574E

tetradic

#4E4957 #57494B #525749 #495755

square

#4E4957 #57494B #525749 #495755

split-complementary

#4E4957 #575549 #4B5749

monochromatic

#121114 #302D36 #4E4957 #6C6578 #8A8397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4E4957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E4957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4957

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4957	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.024 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b86',
    500: '#4e4957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4957;
$custom-light: #7f7b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 8.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41552,
    "c": 0.02383,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4957

secondary

#808676

accent

#B2769C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4957

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

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