#4E4451#4E4451

#4E4451 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.025 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4451
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 81)
HSL	hsl(286, 9%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 16%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 7.03, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 9.38, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0187 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.025 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6940, 6.3481, 8.6556)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4451 #475144

analogous

#484451 #4E4451 #51444E

triadic

#4E4451 #514E44 #44514E

tetradic

#4E4451 #514844 #475144 #444E51

square

#4E4451 #514844 #475144 #444E51

split-complementary

#4E4451 #4E5144 #445148

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2830 #4E4451 #6E6072 #8D7D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4E4451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E4451 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4451

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4451	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.025 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7781',
    500: '#4e4451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4451;
$custom-light: #7f7781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4016,
    "c": 0.02507,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4451

secondary

#748071

accent

#B27684

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4451

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

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