#4E4A58#4E4A58

#4E4A58 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.024 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A58
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 88)
HSL	hsl(257, 9%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 16%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 4.82, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 9.05, 302.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.0112 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.024 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3518, 7.2218, 10.2373)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A58 #54584A

analogous

#4A4D58 #4E4A58 #554A58

triadic

#4E4A58 #584E4A #4A584E

tetradic

#4E4A58 #584A4D #54584A #4A5855

square

#4E4A58 #584A4D #54584A #4A5855

split-complementary

#4E4A58 #58554A #4D584A

monochromatic

#131216 #312E37 #4E4A58 #6B6679 #8A8498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4E4A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A58

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A58	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.024 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c87',
    500: '#4e4a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a58;
$custom-light: #7f7c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 8.642,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41825,
    "c": 0.02351,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A58

secondary

#828777

accent

#B276A1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A58

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

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