#4A424E#4A424E

#4A424E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.022 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A424E
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(280, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 6.02, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 8.48, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0158 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.022 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1472, 5.9024, 8.0217)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A424E #464E42

analogous

#44424E #4A424E #4E424C

triadic

#4A424E #4E4A42 #424E4A

tetradic

#4A424E #4E4442 #464E42 #424C4E

square

#4A424E #4E4442 #464E42 #424C4E

split-complementary

#4A424E #4C4E42 #424E44

monochromatic

#100E11 #2B262D #4A424E #695E6F #897B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4A424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A424E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A424E	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41444F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.022 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c767f',
    500: '#4a424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a424e;
$custom-light: #7c767f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39164,
    "c": 0.02248,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A424E

secondary

#747D6F

accent

#B1768A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A424E

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

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