#4A4250#4A4250

#4A4250 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.025 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4250
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 80)
HSL	hsl(274, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 6.49, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 9.67, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.0166 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.025 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2200, 5.9315, 8.4051)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4250 #485042

analogous

#434250 #4A4250 #50424F

triadic

#4A4250 #504A42 #42504A

tetradic

#4A4250 #504342 #485042 #424F50

square

#4A4250 #504342 #485042 #424F50

split-complementary

#4A4250 #4F5042 #425043

monochromatic

#100E11 #2B262E #4A4250 #695E72 #887B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4A4250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4A4250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4250

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4250	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.025 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7681',
    500: '#4a4250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4250;
$custom-light: #7c7681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39247,
    "c": 0.02544,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4250

secondary

#767F6F

accent

#B37590

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4250

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

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