#4E394F#4E394F

#4E394F is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.046 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E394F
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 79)
HSL	hsl(297, 16%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(297, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 13.71, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 16.84, 324.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.0376 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.046 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0161, 5.1106, 8.0652)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E394F #3A4F39

analogous

#43394F #4E394F #4F3945

triadic

#4E394F #4F4E39 #394F4E

tetradic

#4E394F #4F4339 #3A4F39 #39454F

square

#4E394F #4F4339 #3A4F39 #39454F

split-complementary

#4E394F #454F39 #394F43

monochromatic

#120D12 #2B1F2B #4E394F #715373 #946D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#4E394F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E394F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E394F

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E394F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E394F	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C414E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e394f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.046 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f80',
    500: '#4e394f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e394f;
$custom-light: #806f80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e394f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 16.176,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37647,
    "c": 0.04595,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E394F

secondary

#667F65

accent

#B96F72

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E394F

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

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