#4E495B#4E495B

#4E495B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.030 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E495B
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(257, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 20%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 6.19, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 11.63, 302.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% 0.0141 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.03 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4124, 7.1401, 10.8832)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E495B #565B49

analogous

#494D5B #4E495B #57495B

triadic

#4E495B #5B4E49 #495B4E

tetradic

#4E495B #5B494D #565B49 #495B57

square

#4E495B #5B494D #565B49 #495B57

split-complementary

#4E495B #5B5749 #4D5B49

monochromatic

#141317 #312E39 #4E495B #6B647D #8A839B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#4E495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E495B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E495B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E495B	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.030 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b89',
    500: '#4e495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e495b;
$custom-light: #7f7b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 10.976,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4172,
    "c": 0.03022,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E495B

secondary

#848A76

accent

#B474A2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E495B

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