#4E404E#4E404E

#4E404E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.030 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E404E
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 8.94, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 10.87, 325.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0246 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.03 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3503, 5.8367, 7.9983)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E404E #404E40

analogous

#47404E #4E404E #4E4047

triadic

#4E404E #4E4E40 #404E4E

tetradic

#4E404E #4E4740 #404E40 #40474E

square

#4E404E #4E4740 #404E40 #40474E

split-complementary

#4E404E #474E40 #404E47

monochromatic

#110E11 #2C242C #4E404E #705C70 #907890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4E404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E404E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E404E	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F434F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.030 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f747f',
    500: '#4e404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e404e;
$custom-light: #7f747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39134,
    "c": 0.02966,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E404E

secondary

#6D7D6D

accent

#B37575

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E404E

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