#4E4A5B#4E4A5B

#4E4A5B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.028 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A5B
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 91)
HSL	hsl(254, 10%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(254, 19%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 5.55, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 10.91, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0124 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.028 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4786, 7.2726, 10.9052)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A5B #575B4A

analogous

#4A4F5B #4E4A5B #574A5B

triadic

#4E4A5B #5B4E4A #4A5B4E

tetradic

#4E4A5B #5B4A4F #575B4A #4A5B57

square

#4E4A5B #5B4A4F #575B4A #4A5B57

split-complementary

#4E4A5B #5B574A #4F5B4A

monochromatic

#141317 #312F39 #4E4A5B #6B657D #8A849B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E4A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E4A5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A5B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A5B	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.028 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c89',
    500: '#4e4a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a5b;
$custom-light: #7f7c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 10.303,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4195,
    "c": 0.02835,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A5B

secondary

#858A77

accent

#B375A4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A5B

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

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