#4A384E#4A384E

#4A384E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.044 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A384E
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 78)
HSL	hsl(289, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 12.57, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 16.29, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0336 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.044 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6132, 4.8344, 7.8437)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A384E #3C4E38

analogous

#3F384E #4A384E #4E3847

triadic

#4A384E #4E4A38 #384E4A

tetradic

#4A384E #4E3F38 #3C4E38 #38474E

square

#4A384E #4E3F38 #3C4E38 #38474E

split-complementary

#4A384E #474E38 #384E3F

monochromatic

#110D12 #281E2A #4A384E #6C5272 #8D6B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4A384E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A384E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A384E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A384E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A384E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a384e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.044 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6e7f',
    500: '#4a384e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a384e;
$custom-light: #7c6e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a384e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3692,
    "c": 0.0438,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A384E

secondary

#697E64

accent

#B96F7C

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#09070A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A384E

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