#4E4052#4E4052

#4E4052 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.035 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4052
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 82)
HSL	hsl(287, 12%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(287, 22%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 22%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 9.85, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 13.04, 319.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.0262 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.035 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4981, 5.8958, 8.7767)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4052 #445240

analogous

#454052 #4E4052 #52404D

triadic

#4E4052 #524E40 #40524E

tetradic

#4E4052 #524540 #445240 #404D52

square

#4E4052 #524540 #445240 #404D52

split-complementary

#4E4052 #4D5240 #405245

monochromatic

#100D11 #2D2530 #4E4052 #6F5B74 #8E7795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4E4052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E4052 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4052

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4052	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.035 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7482',
    500: '#4e4052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4052;
$custom-light: #7f7482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39301,
    "c": 0.03491,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4052

secondary

#71816D

accent

#B57381

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4052

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

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