#4E374D#4E374D

#4E374D is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.048 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E374D
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 77)
HSL	hsl(303, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(303, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 14.57, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 17.35, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0405 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.048 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8475, 4.8881, 7.6552)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E374D #374E38

analogous

#43374E #4E374D #4E3741

triadic

#4E374D #4D4E37 #374D4E

tetradic

#4E374D #4E4337 #374E38 #37414E

square

#4E374D #4E4337 #374E38 #37414E

split-complementary

#4E374D #414E37 #374E43

monochromatic

#120D12 #2A1E2A #4E374D #725070 #966A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4E374D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E374D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E374D

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E374D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E374D	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B404C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50393F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e374d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.048 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e7e',
    500: '#4e374d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e374d;
$custom-light: #806e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e374d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37135,
    "c": 0.0478,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E374D

secondary

#637E64

accent

#BA716E

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E374D

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

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