#4E424D#4E424D

#4E424D is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.024 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E424D
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 77)
HSL	hsl(305, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(305, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 7.42, -4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 8.79, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0206 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.024 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4295, 6.0521, 7.8492)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E424D #424E43

analogous

#49424E #4E424D #4E4247

triadic

#4E424D #4D4E42 #424D4E

tetradic

#4E424D #4E4942 #424E43 #42474E

square

#4E424D #4E4942 #424E43 #42474E

split-complementary

#4E424D #474E42 #424E49

monochromatic

#110E10 #2D262C #4E424D #6F5E6E #8F7B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4E424D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E424D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E424D

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E424D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E424D	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42454D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44464D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e424d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.024 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f767e',
    500: '#4e424d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e424d;
$custom-light: #7f767e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e424d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39545,
    "c": 0.02415,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E424D

secondary

#6F7D70

accent

#B17B76

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E424D

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