#4E374E#4E374E

#4E374E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.049 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E374E
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(300, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 14.79, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 17.86, 325.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0409 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.049 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8831, 4.9023, 7.8426)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E374E #374E37

analogous

#42374E #4E374E #4E3742

triadic

#4E374E #4E4E37 #374E4E

tetradic

#4E374E #4E4237 #374E37 #37424E

square

#4E374E #4E4237 #374E37 #37424E

split-complementary

#4E374E #424E37 #374E42

monochromatic

#120D12 #2A1E2A #4E374E #725072 #966A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#4E374E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E374E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E374E

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E374E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E374E	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B404D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F393F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e374e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.049 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e7f',
    500: '#4e374e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e374e;
$custom-light: #806e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e374e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3718,
    "c": 0.04901,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E374E

secondary

#637E63

accent

#BA6E6E

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E374E

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