#4E4551#4E4551

#4E4551 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.023 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4551
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 81)
HSL	hsl(285, 8%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(285, 15%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 6.38, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 8.60, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.017 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.023 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7550, 6.4701, 8.6760)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4551 #485145

analogous

#484551 #4E4551 #51454E

triadic

#4E4551 #514E45 #45514E

tetradic

#4E4551 #514845 #485145 #454E51

square

#4E4551 #514845 #485145 #454E51

split-complementary

#4E4551 #4E5145 #455148

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2930 #4E4551 #6E6172 #8D7F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4E4551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4551

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4551	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.023 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7881',
    500: '#4e4551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4551;
$custom-light: #7f7881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40389,
    "c": 0.02296,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4551

secondary

#768072

accent

#B17785

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4551

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

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