#4E4252#4E4252

#4E4252 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.031 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4252
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 82)
HSL	hsl(285, 11%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(285, 20%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 8.55, -7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 11.49, 318.06°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% 0.0227 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.031 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6129, 6.1254, 8.8150)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4252 #465242

analogous

#464252 #4E4252 #52424E

triadic

#4E4252 #524E42 #42524E

tetradic

#4E4252 #524642 #465242 #424E52

square

#4E4252 #524642 #465242 #424E52

split-complementary

#4E4252 #4E5242 #425246

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2730 #4E4252 #6E5D74 #8E7A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4E4252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4252

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4252	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.031 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7682',
    500: '#4e4252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4252;
$custom-light: #7f7682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39748,
    "c": 0.03068,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4252

secondary

#73816F

accent

#B47484

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4252

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

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