#4E4053#4E4053

#4E4053 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.036 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4053
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 83)
HSL	hsl(284, 13%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(284, 23%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 22.9%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 10.08, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 13.61, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0266 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.036 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5364, 5.9111, 8.9786)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4053 #455340

analogous

#454053 #4E4053 #53404F

triadic

#4E4053 #534E40 #40534E

tetradic

#4E4053 #534540 #455340 #404F53

square

#4E4053 #534540 #455340 #404F53

split-complementary

#4E4053 #4F5340 #405345

monochromatic

#100D11 #2E2530 #4E4053 #6E5B76 #8E7796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4E4053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E4053 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4053

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4053	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.036 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7483',
    500: '#4e4053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4053;
$custom-light: #7f7483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 12.925,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39344,
    "c": 0.03629,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4053

secondary

#72826D

accent

#B67284

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4053

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

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