#4E4353#4E4353

#4E4353 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.030 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4353
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 83)
HSL	hsl(281, 11%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 19%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 19.3%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, 8.13, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 11.29, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0213 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.03 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7101, 6.2586, 9.0365)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4353 #485343

analogous

#464353 #4E4353 #534350

triadic

#4E4353 #534E43 #43534E

tetradic

#4E4353 #534643 #485343 #435053

square

#4E4353 #534643 #485343 #435053

split-complementary

#4E4353 #505343 #435346

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2831 #4E4353 #6E5E75 #8D7C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4E4353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E4353 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4353

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4353	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.030 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7783',
    500: '#4e4353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4353;
$custom-light: #7f7783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40015,
    "c": 0.02998,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4353

secondary

#768270

accent

#B47488

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4353

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

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