#4E424E#4E424E

#4E424E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.025 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E424E
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.58, 7.64, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.58, 9.30, 325.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.0211 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.025 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4651, 6.0663, 8.0366)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E424E #424E42

analogous

#48424E #4E424E #4E4248

triadic

#4E424E #4E4E42 #424E4E

tetradic

#4E424E #4E4842 #424E42 #42484E

square

#4E424E #4E4842 #424E42 #42484E

split-complementary

#4E424E #484E42 #424E48

monochromatic

#110E11 #2D262D #4E424E #6F5E6F #8F7B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E424E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E424E	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41454F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44464E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.025 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f767f',
    500: '#4e424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e424e;
$custom-light: #7f767f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39585,
    "c": 0.02538,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E424E

secondary

#6F7D6F

accent

#B17676

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E424E

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