#4E495D#4E495D

#4E495D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.033 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E495D
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 93)
HSL	hsl(255, 12%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(255, 22%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, 6.69, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 12.87, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.0149 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.033 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4998, 7.1751, 11.3436)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E495D #585D49

analogous

#494E5D #4E495D #58495D

triadic

#4E495D #5D4E49 #495D4E

tetradic

#4E495D #5D494E #585D49 #495D58

square

#4E495D #5D494E #585D49 #495D58

split-complementary

#4E495D #5D5849 #4E5D49

monochromatic

#141318 #312E3B #4E495D #6B647F #8A839E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#4E495D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E495D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E495D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E495D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E495D	1.00	8.62	2.43	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e495d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.033 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8b',
    500: '#4e495d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e495d;
$custom-light: #7f7b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e495d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 12.048,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41807,
    "c": 0.03343,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E495D

secondary

#868C76

accent

#B573A4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E495D

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

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