#4E4151#4E4151

#4E4151 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.031 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4151
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 81)
HSL	hsl(289, 11%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(289, 20%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.40, 8.97, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.40, 11.71, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.024 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.031 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5172, 5.9945, 8.5967)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4151 #445141

analogous

#464151 #4E4151 #51414C

triadic

#4E4151 #514E41 #41514E

tetradic

#4E4151 #514641 #445141 #414C51

square

#4E4151 #514641 #445141 #414C51

split-complementary

#4E4151 #4C5141 #415146

monochromatic

#100E11 #2D262F #4E4151 #6F5C73 #8E7993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#4E4151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E4151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4151

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4151	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.031 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7581',
    500: '#4e4151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4151;
$custom-light: #7f7581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39482,
    "c": 0.03143,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4151

secondary

#71806E

accent

#B47480

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4151

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

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