#4E495F#4E495F

#4E495F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.037 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E495F
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 95)
HSL	hsl(254, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(254, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, 7.19, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 14.12, 300.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0156 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.037 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5895, 7.2110, 11.8163)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E495F #5A5F49

analogous

#494F5F #4E495F #59495F

triadic

#4E495F #5F4E49 #495F4E

tetradic

#4E495F #5F494F #5A5F49 #495F59

square

#4E495F #5F494F #5A5F49 #495F59

split-complementary

#4E495F #5F5949 #4F5F49

monochromatic

#15141A #322E3C #4E495F #6A6482 #8983A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#4E495F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E495F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E495F

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E495F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E495F	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e495f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.037 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8c',
    500: '#4e495f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e495f;
$custom-light: #7f7b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e495f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 13.095,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41896,
    "c": 0.03666,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E495F

secondary

#888D76

accent

#B672A6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E495F

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

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