#4A4050#4A4050

#4A4050 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.030 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4050
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 80)
HSL	hsl(278, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 20%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 7.80, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 11.21, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0201 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.03 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1052, 5.7019, 8.3668)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4050 #465040

analogous

#424050 #4A4050 #50404E

triadic

#4A4050 #504A40 #40504A

tetradic

#4A4050 #504240 #465040 #404E50

square

#4A4050 #504240 #465040 #404E50

split-complementary

#4A4050 #4E5040 #405042

monochromatic

#100E11 #2B252E #4A4050 #695B72 #897893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#4A4050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4A4050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4050

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4050	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40444F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.030 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7481',
    500: '#4a4050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4050;
$custom-light: #7c7481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38788,
    "c": 0.02961,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4050

secondary

#747F6D

accent

#B4748C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4050

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

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