#4E495C#4E495C

#4E495C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.032 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E495C
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(256, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 6.44, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 12.25, 301.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% 0.0145 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.032 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.4558, 7.1575, 11.1119)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E495C #575C49

analogous

#494E5C #4E495C #57495C

triadic

#4E495C #5C4E49 #495C4E

tetradic

#4E495C #5C494E #575C49 #495C57

square

#4E495C #5C494E #575C49 #495C57

split-complementary

#4E495C #5C5749 #4E5C49

monochromatic

#141318 #312E3A #4E495C #6B647E #8A839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4E495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E495C

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E495C	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.032 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8a',
    500: '#4e495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e495c;
$custom-light: #7f7b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41763,
    "c": 0.03182,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.07157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E495C

secondary

#858B76

accent

#B473A3

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E495C

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