#4E4B5D#4E4B5D

#4E4B5D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.030 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B5D
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 93)
HSL	hsl(250, 11%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(250, 19%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 5.41, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 11.46, 298.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0115 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.03 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6333, 7.4421, 11.3881)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B5D #5A5D4B

analogous

#4B515D #4E4B5D #574B5D

triadic

#4E4B5D #5D4E4B #4B5D4E

tetradic

#4E4B5D #5D4B51 #5A5D4B #4B5D57

square

#4E4B5D #5D4B51 #5A5D4B #4B5D57

split-complementary

#4E4B5D #5D574B #515D4B

monochromatic

#151419 #32303B #4E4B5D #6A667F #89859D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E4B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E4B5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B5D

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B5D	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.030 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d8b',
    500: '#4e4b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b5d;
$custom-light: #7f7d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42266,
    "c": 0.02978,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B5D

secondary

#888B79

accent

#B474A9

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B5D

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

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