#4E404D#4E404D

#4E404D is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.028 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E404D
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 77)
HSL	hsl(304, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(304, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 8.71, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 10.35, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0242 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.028 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3147, 5.8224, 7.8109)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E404D #404E41

analogous

#48404E #4E404D #4E4046

triadic

#4E404D #4D4E40 #404D4E

tetradic

#4E404D #4E4840 #404E41 #40464E

square

#4E404D #4E4840 #404E41 #40464E

split-complementary

#4E404D #464E40 #404E48

monochromatic

#110E11 #2C242C #4E404D #705C6E #90788F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4E404D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E404D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E404D

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E404D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E404D	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F434E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e404d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.028 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f747e',
    500: '#4e404d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e404d;
$custom-light: #7f747e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e404d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39093,
    "c": 0.02844,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E404D

secondary

#6D7D6E

accent

#B37975

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E404D

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

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