#4B404F#4B404F

#4B404F is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.029 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B404F
RGB	rgb(75, 64, 79)
HSL	hsl(284, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(284, 19%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 19%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 7.96, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 10.79, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.021 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.029 317)
XYZ	xyz(6.1461, 5.7272, 8.1773)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B404F #444F40

analogous

#43404F #4B404F #4F404B

triadic

#4B404F #4F4B40 #404F4B

tetradic

#4B404F #4F4340 #444F40 #404B4F

square

#4B404F #4F4340 #444F40 #404B4F

split-complementary

#4B404F #4B4F40 #404F43

monochromatic

#100E11 #2B252D #4B404F #6B5B71 #8B7892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4B404F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4B404F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B404F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B404F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B404F	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41444E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b404f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 64, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.029 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7480',
    500: '#4b404f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b404f;
$custom-light: #7d7480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b404f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 10.49,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38851,
    "c": 0.02876,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.05727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B404F

secondary

#717E6D

accent

#B37485

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B404F

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

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