#4E4154#4E4154

#4E4154 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.036 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4154
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 84)
HSL	hsl(281, 13%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, 9.66, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 13.41, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0252 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.036 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6322, 6.0405, 9.2023)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4154 #475441

analogous

#454154 #4E4154 #544151

triadic

#4E4154 #544E41 #41544E

tetradic

#4E4154 #544541 #475441 #415154

square

#4E4154 #544541 #475441 #415154

split-complementary

#4E4154 #515441 #415445

monochromatic

#100D11 #2E2631 #4E4154 #6E5C77 #8D7897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E4154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4154 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4154

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4154	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.036 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7584',
    500: '#4e4154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4154;
$custom-light: #7f7584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 12.752,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39609,
    "c": 0.0356,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4154

secondary

#74836E

accent

#B67287

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4154

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

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