#4E4963#4E4963

#4E4963 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.043 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4963
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 99)
HSL	hsl(252, 15%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 26%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 8.23, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 16.62, 299.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.017 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.043 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7761, 7.2856, 12.7985)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4963 #5E6349

analogous

#495163 #4E4963 #5B4963

triadic

#4E4963 #634E49 #49634E

tetradic

#4E4963 #634951 #5E6349 #49635B

square

#4E4963 #634951 #5E6349 #49635B

split-complementary

#4E4963 #635B49 #516349

monochromatic

#16151D #322F40 #4E4963 #6A6386 #8983A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#4E4963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E4963 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4963

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4963	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434D64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434C62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.043 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b8f',
    500: '#4e4963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4963;
$custom-light: #807b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42079,
    "c": 0.04312,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4963

secondary

#8C9177

accent

#B870AA

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4963

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

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