#4E394D#4E394D

#4E394D is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.043 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E394D
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 77)
HSL	hsl(303, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(303, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 13.27, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 15.80, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0369 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.044 328)
XYZ	xyz(5.9444, 5.0820, 7.6875)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E394D #394E3A

analogous

#45394E #4E394D #4E3943

triadic

#4E394D #4D4E39 #394D4E

tetradic

#4E394D #4E4539 #394E3A #39434E

square

#4E394D #4E4539 #394E3A #39434E

split-complementary

#4E394D #434E39 #394E45

monochromatic

#120D11 #2B1F2A #4E394D #715370 #946D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4E394D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E394D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E394D

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E394D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E394D	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D414C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e394d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.043 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f7e',
    500: '#4e394d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e394d;
$custom-light: #806f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e394d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37559,
    "c": 0.0435,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.05082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E394D

secondary

#657E66

accent

#B8736F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E394D

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

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