#4E414E#4E414E

#4E414E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.028 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E414E
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.29, 8.29, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.29, 10.09, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0228 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.028 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4072, 5.9505, 8.0173)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E414E #414E41

analogous

#47414E #4E414E #4E4147

triadic

#4E414E #4E4E41 #414E4E

tetradic

#4E414E #4E4741 #414E41 #41474E

square

#4E414E #4E4741 #414E41 #41474E

split-complementary

#4E414E #474E41 #414E47

monochromatic

#110E11 #2D252D #4E414E #6F5D6F #907A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4E414E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E414E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E414E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E414E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E414E	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40444F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43464D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e414e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.028 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f757f',
    500: '#4e414e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e414e;
$custom-light: #7f757f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e414e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39359,
    "c": 0.02751,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E414E

secondary

#6E7D6E

accent

#B27676

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E414E

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