#4E404C#4E404C

#4E404C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.027 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E404C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 76)
HSL	hsl(309, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(309, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 2.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 8.49, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 9.85, 329.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.0238 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.027 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2796, 5.8084, 7.6264)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E404C #404E42

analogous

#49404E #4E404C #4E4045

triadic

#4E404C #4C4E40 #404C4E

tetradic

#4E404C #4E4940 #404E42 #40454E

square

#4E404C #4E4940 #404E42 #40454E

split-complementary

#4E404C #454E40 #404E49

monochromatic

#110E10 #2C242B #4E404C #705C6D #90788D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4E404C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E404C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E404C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E404C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E404C	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40434D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43454C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e404c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.027 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f747e',
    500: '#4e404c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e404c;
$custom-light: #7f747e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e404c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39054,
    "c": 0.02726,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E404C

secondary

#6D7D6F

accent

#B37E75

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A0809

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E404C

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

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