#4E4153#4E4153

#4E4153 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.034 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4153
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 83)
HSL	hsl(283, 12%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(283, 22%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 21.7%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 9.43, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 12.83, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0248 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.034 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5933, 6.0249, 8.9975)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4153 #465341

analogous

#454153 #4E4153 #53414F

triadic

#4E4153 #534E41 #41534E

tetradic

#4E4153 #534541 #465341 #414F53

square

#4E4153 #534541 #465341 #414F53

split-complementary

#4E4153 #4F5341 #415345

monochromatic

#100D11 #2E2631 #4E4153 #6E5C75 #8E7996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4E4153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4153 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4153

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4153	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.034 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7583',
    500: '#4e4153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4153;
$custom-light: #7f7583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 12.162,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39566,
    "c": 0.03418,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4153

secondary

#73826E

accent

#B57385

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4153

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

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