#4E4960#4E4960

#4E4960 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.038 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4960
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 96)
HSL	hsl(253, 14%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(253, 24%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 24%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 7.45, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 14.75, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.016 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.038 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6353, 7.2293, 12.0572)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4960 #5B6049

analogous

#494F60 #4E4960 #594960

triadic

#4E4960 #604E49 #49604E

tetradic

#4E4960 #60494F #5B6049 #496059

square

#4E4960 #60494F #5B6049 #496059

split-complementary

#4E4960 #605949 #4F6049

monochromatic

#16141A #322F3D #4E4960 #6A6383 #8983A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4E4960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E4960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4960

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4960	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.038 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b8d',
    500: '#4e4960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4960;
$custom-light: #807b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 13.609,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41941,
    "c": 0.03827,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4960

secondary

#898E77

accent

#B671A7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4960

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

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