#4E3155#4E3155

#4E3155 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.070 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3155
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 85)
HSL	hsl(288, 27%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 42%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 42.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 20.27, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 26.20, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0536 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.07 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8797, 4.4724, 9.1461)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3155 #385531

analogous

#3C3155 #4E3155 #55314A

triadic

#4E3155 #554E31 #31554E

tetradic

#4E3155 #553C31 #385531 #314A55

square

#4E3155 #553C31 #385531 #314A55

split-complementary

#4E3155 #4A5531 #31553C

monochromatic

#120B13 #2A1B2E #4E3155 #72477C #955EA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4E3155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E3155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3155

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3155	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E353F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.070 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806a85',
    500: '#4e3155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3155;
$custom-light: #806a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 26.866,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36314,
    "c": 0.07038,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3155

secondary

#64865C

accent

#C36577

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3155

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

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