#4E4B59#4E4B59

#4E4B59 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.023 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B59
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(253, 16%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 4.42, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 8.96, 299.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.0099 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.023 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4608, 7.3731, 10.4793)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B59 #56594B

analogous

#4B4F59 #4E4B59 #554B59

triadic

#4E4B59 #594E4B #4B594E

tetradic

#4E4B59 #594B4F #56594B #4B5955

square

#4E4B59 #594B4F #56594B #4B5955

split-complementary

#4E4B59 #59554B #4F594B

monochromatic

#141317 #312F38 #4E4B59 #6B677A #8A8699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#4E4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E4B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B59

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B59	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484D5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.023 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d87',
    500: '#4e4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b59;
$custom-light: #7f7d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42098,
    "c": 0.02327,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B59

secondary

#848778

accent

#B276A5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B59

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

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