#4E3553#4E3553

#4E3553 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.060 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3553
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 83)
HSL	hsl(290, 22%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(290, 36%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 36.1%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 17.23, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 22.08, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0461 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.06 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9761, 4.7906, 8.7918)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3553 #3A5335

analogous

#3F3553 #4E3553 #533549

triadic

#4E3553 #534E35 #35534E

tetradic

#4E3553 #533F35 #3A5335 #354953

square

#4E3553 #533F35 #3A5335 #354953

split-complementary

#4E3553 #495335 #35533F

monochromatic

#120C13 #2B1D2E #4E3553 #714D78 #94659D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4E3553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E3553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3553

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3553	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#323C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.060 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c83',
    500: '#4e3553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3553;
$custom-light: #806c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 22.059,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37004,
    "c": 0.05952,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3553

secondary

#668360

accent

#BF6977

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3553

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

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