#4E4253#4E4253

#4E4253 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.032 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4253
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 83)
HSL	hsl(282, 11%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 20%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 20.5%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 8.78, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 12.06, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0231 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.032 316)
XYZ	xyz(6.6512, 6.1407, 9.0168)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4253 #475342

analogous

#464253 #4E4253 #534250

triadic

#4E4253 #534E42 #42534E

tetradic

#4E4253 #534642 #475342 #425053

square

#4E4253 #534642 #475342 #425053

split-complementary

#4E4253 #505342 #425346

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2731 #4E4253 #6E5D75 #8D7A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E4253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4253

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4253	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.032 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7683',
    500: '#4e4253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4253;
$custom-light: #7f7683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3979,
    "c": 0.03208,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.06141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4253

secondary

#74826F

accent

#B47387

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4253

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

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