#4E4452#4E4452

#4E4452 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.026 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4452
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 82)
HSL	hsl(283, 9%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(283, 17%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 7.26, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 9.95, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.0191 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.026 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7318, 6.3632, 8.8546)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4452 #485244

analogous

#474452 #4E4452 #52444F

triadic

#4E4452 #524E44 #44524E

tetradic

#4E4452 #524744 #485244 #444F52

square

#4E4452 #524744 #485244 #444F52

split-complementary

#4E4452 #4F5244 #445247

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2831 #4E4452 #6E6073 #8D7D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E4452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E4452 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4452

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4452	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.026 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7782',
    500: '#4e4452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4452;
$custom-light: #7f7782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.402,
    "c": 0.02647,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4452

secondary

#768171

accent

#B27587

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4452

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

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