#4B404E#4B404E

#4B404E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.027 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B404E
RGB	rgb(75, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(287, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(287, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 7.73, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 10.22, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0206 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.027 319)
XYZ	xyz(6.1100, 5.7128, 7.9871)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B404E #434E40

analogous

#44404E #4B404E #4E404A

triadic

#4B404E #4E4B40 #404E4B

tetradic

#4B404E #4E4440 #434E40 #404A4E

square

#4B404E #4E4440 #434E40 #404A4E

split-complementary

#4B404E #4A4E40 #404E44

monochromatic

#100E11 #2B242C #4B404E #6B5C70 #8B7890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4B404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4B404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B404E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B404E	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F434F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41444D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.027 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d747f',
    500: '#4b404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b404e;
$custom-light: #7d747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3881,
    "c": 0.02737,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.05713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B404E

secondary

#707D6D

accent

#B37582

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B404E

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