#4E495E#4E495E

#4E495E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.035 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E495E
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(254, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(254, 22%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 22.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 6.94, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 13.50, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0152 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.035 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5444, 7.1929, 11.5784)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E495E #595E49

analogous

#494E5E #4E495E #58495E

triadic

#4E495E #5E4E49 #495E4E

tetradic

#4E495E #5E494E #595E49 #495E58

square

#4E495E #5E494E #595E49 #495E58

split-complementary

#4E495E #5E5849 #4E5E49

monochromatic

#151319 #312E3C #4E495E #6B6480 #89839F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4E495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E495E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E495E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E495E	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.035 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8b',
    500: '#4e495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e495e;
$custom-light: #7f7b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 12.575,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41851,
    "c": 0.03504,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E495E

secondary

#878C76

accent

#B572A5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E495E

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

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