#4E4450#4E4450

#4E4450 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.024 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4450
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 80)
HSL	hsl(290, 8%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 15%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 6.80, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 8.82, 320.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0183 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.024 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6568, 6.3332, 8.4596)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4450 #465044

analogous

#484450 #4E4450 #50444C

triadic

#4E4450 #504E44 #44504E

tetradic

#4E4450 #504844 #465044 #444C50

square

#4E4450 #504844 #465044 #444C50

split-complementary

#4E4450 #4C5044 #445048

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E282F #4E4450 #6E6071 #8E7D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E4450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E4450 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4450

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4450	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.024 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7781',
    500: '#4e4450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4450;
$custom-light: #7f7781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4012,
    "c": 0.0237,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4450

secondary

#737F71

accent

#B17780

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4450

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

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