#4E4054#4E4054

#4E4054 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.038 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4054
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 84)
HSL	hsl(282, 14%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 24%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 10.31, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 14.18, 316.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.027 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.038 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5753, 5.9267, 9.1834)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4054 #465440

analogous

#444054 #4E4054 #544050

triadic

#4E4054 #544E40 #40544E

tetradic

#4E4054 #544440 #465440 #405054

square

#4E4054 #544440 #465440 #405054

split-complementary

#4E4054 #505440 #405444

monochromatic

#100D11 #2E2631 #4E4054 #6E5A77 #8E7797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E4054 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E4054 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4054

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4054	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4054	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4054;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.038 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7484',
    500: '#4e4054',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4054;
$custom-light: #7f7484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4054",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39388,
    "c": 0.03769,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4054

secondary

#73836D

accent

#B67186

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4054

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

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