#4E3550#4E3550

#4E3550 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.056 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3550
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 80)
HSL	hsl(296, 20%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(296, 34%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 33.7%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 16.54, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 20.45, 323.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0451 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.056 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8628, 4.7453, 8.1950)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3550 #375035

analogous

#403550 #4E3550 #503544

triadic

#4E3550 #504E35 #35504E

tetradic

#4E3550 #504035 #375035 #354450

square

#4E3550 #504035 #375035 #354450

split-complementary

#4E3550 #445035 #355040

monochromatic

#120C12 #2A1D2B #4E3550 #724D75 #96669A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4E3550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E3550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3550

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3550	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F383F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.056 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c81',
    500: '#4e3550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3550;
$custom-light: #806c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 20.301,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36859,
    "c": 0.05572,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3550

secondary

#638060

accent

#BD6B71

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3550

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

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