#4E4250#4E4250

#4E4250 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.028 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4250
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 80)
HSL	hsl(291, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(291, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 8.09, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 10.38, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0219 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.028 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5379, 6.0954, 8.4200)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4250 #445042

analogous

#474250 #4E4250 #50424B

triadic

#4E4250 #504E42 #42504E

tetradic

#4E4250 #504742 #445042 #424B50

square

#4E4250 #504742 #445042 #424B50

split-complementary

#4E4250 #4B5042 #425047

monochromatic

#100E11 #2D262E #4E4250 #6F5E72 #8E7B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E4250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E4250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4250

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4250	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43464F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.028 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7681',
    500: '#4e4250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4250;
$custom-light: #7f7681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39665,
    "c": 0.02796,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4250

secondary

#717F6F

accent

#B3757E

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4250

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