#4E4050#4E4050

#4E4050 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.032 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4050
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 80)
HSL	hsl(293, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(293, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 20%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 9.39, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 11.93, 321.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0254 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.032 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4231, 5.8658, 8.3817)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4050 #425040

analogous

#464050 #4E4050 #50404A

triadic

#4E4050 #504E40 #40504E

tetradic

#4E4050 #504640 #425040 #404A50

square

#4E4050 #504640 #425040 #404A50

split-complementary

#4E4050 #4A5040 #405046

monochromatic

#110E11 #2D252E #4E4050 #6F5B72 #8F7893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4E4050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E4050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4050

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4050	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.032 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7481',
    500: '#4e4050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4050;
$custom-light: #7f7481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39216,
    "c": 0.03223,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4050

secondary

#6F7F6D

accent

#B4747C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4050

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

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