#4E4254#4E4254

#4E4254 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.034 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4254
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 84)
HSL	hsl(280, 12%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 21%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.80, 9.02, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.80, 12.64, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0235 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.034 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6901, 6.1563, 9.2216)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4254 #485442

analogous

#454254 #4E4254 #544251

triadic

#4E4254 #544E42 #42544E

tetradic

#4E4254 #544542 #485442 #425154

square

#4E4254 #544542 #485442 #425154

split-complementary

#4E4254 #515442 #425445

monochromatic

#100D11 #2E2732 #4E4254 #6E5D76 #8D7A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E4254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4254 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4254

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4254	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.034 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7684',
    500: '#4e4254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4254;
$custom-light: #7f7684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39833,
    "c": 0.0335,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4254

secondary

#76836F

accent

#B57389

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4254

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

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