#4D404E#4D404E

#4D404E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.029 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D404E
RGB	rgb(77, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(296, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 8.53, -6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 10.64, 323.32°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0233 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.029 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2689, 5.7947, 7.9945)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D404E #414E40

analogous

#46404E #4D404E #4E4048

triadic

#4D404E #4E4D40 #404E4D

tetradic

#4D404E #4E4640 #414E40 #40484E

square

#4D404E #4E4640 #414E40 #40484E

split-complementary

#4D404E #484E40 #404E46

monochromatic

#110E11 #2C242C #4D404E #6E5C70 #8F7890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4D404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4D404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D404E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D404E	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F434F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.029 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f747f',
    500: '#4d404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d404e;
$custom-light: #7f747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39025,
    "c": 0.02885,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D404E

secondary

#6E7D6D

accent

#B37579

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D404E

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

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