#4E4453#4E4453

#4E4453 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.028 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4453
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 83)
HSL	hsl(280, 10%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(280, 18%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 18.1%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 7.49, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 10.52, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0196 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.028 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7701, 6.3785, 9.0565)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4453 #495344

analogous

#474453 #4E4453 #534451

triadic

#4E4453 #534E44 #44534E

tetradic

#4E4453 #534744 #495344 #445153

square

#4E4453 #534744 #495344 #445153

split-complementary

#4E4453 #515344 #445347

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2831 #4E4453 #6E6075 #8D7D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4E4453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E4453 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4453

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4453	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.028 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7783',
    500: '#4e4453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4453;
$custom-light: #7f7783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 9.934,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40242,
    "c": 0.0279,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4453

secondary

#778271

accent

#B3758A

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4453

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

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