#4E4552#4E4552

#4E4552 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.024 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4552
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 82)
HSL	hsl(282, 9%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(282, 16%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 6.61, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 9.18, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0174 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.024 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7928, 6.4852, 8.8749)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4552 #495245

analogous

#484552 #4E4552 #524550

triadic

#4E4552 #524E45 #45524E

tetradic

#4E4552 #524845 #495245 #455052

square

#4E4552 #524845 #495245 #455052

split-complementary

#4E4552 #505245 #455248

monochromatic

#100E11 #2E2931 #4E4552 #6E6173 #8D7F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#4E4552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E4552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4552

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4552	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.024 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7882',
    500: '#4e4552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4552;
$custom-light: #7f7882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 8.609,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40429,
    "c": 0.02437,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4552

secondary

#778172

accent

#B27688

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4552

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

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