#4A4450#4A4450

#4A4450 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.021 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4450
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 80)
HSL	hsl(270, 8%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 15%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 5.20, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 8.14, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0131 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.021 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3389, 6.1693, 8.4447)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4450 #4A5044

analogous

#444450 #4A4450 #504450

triadic

#4A4450 #504A44 #44504A

tetradic

#4A4450 #504444 #4A5044 #445050

square

#4A4450 #504444 #4A5044 #445050

split-complementary

#4A4450 #505044 #445044

monochromatic

#0F0E11 #2B282F #4A4450 #696071 #877D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4A4450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4A4450 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4450

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4450	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.021 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7781',
    500: '#4a4450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4450;
$custom-light: #7c7781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3971,
    "c": 0.02134,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4450

secondary

#787F71

accent

#B17794

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4450

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

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