#4E394B#4E394B

#4E394B is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.041 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E394B
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 75)
HSL	hsl(309, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(309, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 12.83, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 14.80, 330.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.0361 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.041 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8749, 5.0541, 7.3213)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E394B #394E3C

analogous

#47394E #4E394B #4E3941

triadic

#4E394B #4B4E39 #394B4E

tetradic

#4E394B #4E4739 #394E3C #39414E

square

#4E394B #4E4739 #394E3C #39414E

split-complementary

#4E394B #414E39 #394E47

monochromatic

#120D11 #2B1F29 #4E394B #71536D #946D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4E394B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E394B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E394B

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E394B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E394B	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D414A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e394b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.041 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f7d',
    500: '#4e394b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e394b;
$custom-light: #806f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e394b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37473,
    "c": 0.04118,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E394B

secondary

#657E69

accent

#B87A6F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A0709

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E394B

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