#4E4958#4E4958

#4E4958 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.025 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4958
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 88)
HSL	hsl(260, 9%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 17%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 17%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, 5.46, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 9.77, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0129 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.025 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2855, 7.0894, 10.2152)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4958 #535849

analogous

#494C58 #4E4958 #564958

triadic

#4E4958 #584E49 #49584E

tetradic

#4E4958 #58494C #535849 #495856

square

#4E4958 #58494C #535849 #495856

split-complementary

#4E4958 #585649 #4C5849

monochromatic

#131215 #302D37 #4E4958 #6C6579 #8A8398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#4E4958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E4958 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4958

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4958	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)

#464B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.025 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b87',
    500: '#4e4958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4958;
$custom-light: #7f7b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 9.317,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41594,
    "c": 0.02542,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4958

secondary

#818776

accent

#B2759E

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4958

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

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