#4E4A5C#4E4A5C

#4E4A5C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.030 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A5C
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 92)
HSL	hsl(253, 11%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(253, 20%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 5.80, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 11.54, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.0128 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.03 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5220, 7.2899, 11.1340)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A5C #585C4A

analogous

#4A4F5C #4E4A5C #574A5C

triadic

#4E4A5C #5C4E4A #4A5C4E

tetradic

#4E4A5C #5C4A4F #585C4A #4A5C57

square

#4E4A5C #5C4A4F #585C4A #4A5C57

split-complementary

#4E4A5C #5C574A #4F5C4A

monochromatic

#141318 #312F3A #4E4A5C #6B657E #8A849C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#4E4A5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E4A5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A5C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A5C	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.030 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c8a',
    500: '#4e4a5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a5c;
$custom-light: #7f7c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41993,
    "c": 0.02997,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A5C

secondary

#868A77

accent

#B474A6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A5C

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

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