#4E4152#4E4152

#4E4152 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.033 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4152
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 82)
HSL	hsl(286, 12%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(286, 21%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, 9.20, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 12.27, 318.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.0244 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.033 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5549, 6.0096, 8.7957)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4152 #455241

analogous

#464152 #4E4152 #52414E

triadic

#4E4152 #524E41 #41524E

tetradic

#4E4152 #524641 #455241 #414E52

square

#4E4152 #524641 #455241 #414E52

split-complementary

#4E4152 #4E5241 #415246

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2630 #4E4152 #6E5C74 #8E7995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4E4152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E4152 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4152

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4152	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.033 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7582',
    500: '#4e4152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4152;
$custom-light: #7f7582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39524,
    "c": 0.0328,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4152

secondary

#72816E

accent

#B47383

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4152

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

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