#4C4052#4C4052

#4C4052 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.034 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4052
RGB	rgb(76, 64, 82)
HSL	hsl(280, 12%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 22%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, 9.06, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 12.70, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0236 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.034 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3366, 5.8126, 8.7691)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4052 #465240

analogous

#434052 #4C4052 #52404F

triadic

#4C4052 #524C40 #40524C

tetradic

#4C4052 #524340 #465240 #404F52

square

#4C4052 #524340 #465240 #404F52

split-complementary

#4C4052 #4F5240 #405243

monochromatic

#100D11 #2C2530 #4C4052 #6C5B74 #8B7795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4C4052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4C4052 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4052

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4052	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 64, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.034 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7482',
    500: '#4c4052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4052;
$custom-light: #7e7482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39086,
    "c": 0.03365,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4052

secondary

#73816D

accent

#B57389

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4052

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

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