#4E3357#4E3357

#4E3357 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.069 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3357
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 87)
HSL	hsl(285, 26%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(285, 41%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 41.4%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 19.46, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 25.82, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.0507 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.069 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0458, 4.6756, 9.5990)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3357 #3C5733

analogous

#3C3357 #4E3357 #57334E

triadic

#4E3357 #574E33 #33574E

tetradic

#4E3357 #573C33 #3C5733 #334E57

square

#4E3357 #573C33 #3C5733 #334E57

split-complementary

#4E3357 #4E5733 #33573C

monochromatic

#110B13 #2B1C30 #4E3357 #714A7E #9262A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#4E3357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E3357 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3357

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3357	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E3B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.069 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806b86',
    500: '#4e3357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3357;
$custom-light: #806b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36809,
    "c": 0.06888,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3357

secondary

#68885E

accent

#C2657D

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3357

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

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