#4E495A#4E495A

#4E495A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.029 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E495A
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 90)
HSL	hsl(258, 10%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 19%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 5.94, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 11.01, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.0137 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.029 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3695, 7.1230, 10.6575)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E495A #555A49

analogous

#494D5A #4E495A #57495A

triadic

#4E495A #5A4E49 #495A4E

tetradic

#4E495A #5A494D #555A49 #495A57

square

#4E495A #5A494D #555A49 #495A57

split-complementary

#4E495A #5A5749 #4D5A49

monochromatic

#131216 #312E38 #4E495A #6B647C #8A839A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E495A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E495A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E495A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E495A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E495A	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e495a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.029 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b88',
    500: '#4e495a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e495a;
$custom-light: #7f7b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e495a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 10.429,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41677,
    "c": 0.02861,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E495A

secondary

#838976

accent

#B374A1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E495A

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

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