#4E404F#4E404F

#4E404F is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.031 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E404F
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 79)
HSL	hsl(296, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(296, 19%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 19%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 9.16, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 11.39, 323.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.025 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.031 324)
XYZ	xyz(6.3864, 5.8511, 8.1886)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E404F #414F40

analogous

#46404F #4E404F #4F4048

triadic

#4E404F #4F4E40 #404F4E

tetradic

#4E404F #4F4640 #414F40 #40484F

square

#4E404F #4F4640 #414F40 #40484F

split-complementary

#4E404F #484F40 #404F46

monochromatic

#110E11 #2D252D #4E404F #6F5B71 #907892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4E404F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E404F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E404F

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E404F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E404F	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e404f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.031 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7480',
    500: '#4e404f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e404f;
$custom-light: #7f7480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e404f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 10.49,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39175,
    "c": 0.03092,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.05851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E404F

secondary

#6E7E6D

accent

#B37479

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E404F

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

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