#4E3053#4E3053

#4E3053 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.070 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3053
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 83)
HSL	hsl(291, 27%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 42.2%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 20.44, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 25.85, 322.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.0549 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.07 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7600, 4.3583, 8.7198)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3053 #355330

analogous

#3C3053 #4E3053 #533046

triadic

#4E3053 #534E30 #30534E

tetradic

#4E3053 #533C30 #355330 #304653

square

#4E3053 #533C30 #355330 #304653

split-complementary

#4E3053 #465330 #30533C

monochromatic

#120B13 #2A1A2C #4E3053 #72467A #975DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4E3053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E3053 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3053

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3053	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F343D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.070 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806983',
    500: '#4e3053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3053;
$custom-light: #806983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 26.718,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36016,
    "c": 0.06992,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3053

secondary

#61845B

accent

#C36572

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3053

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

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