#4E3556#4E3556

#4E3556 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.063 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3556
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 86)
HSL	hsl(285, 24%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(285, 38%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 38.4%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 17.94, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 23.75, 319.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.047 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.063 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0945, 4.8379, 9.4151)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3556 #3D5635

analogous

#3E3556 #4E3556 #56354E

triadic

#4E3556 #564E35 #35564E

tetradic

#4E3556 #563E35 #3D5635 #354E56

square

#4E3556 #563E35 #3D5635 #354E56

split-complementary

#4E3556 #4E5635 #35563E

monochromatic

#110C13 #2C1E30 #4E3556 #704C7C #9265A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#4E3556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E3556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3556

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3556	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.063 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c85',
    500: '#4e3556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3556;
$custom-light: #806c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37155,
    "c": 0.06344,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3556

secondary

#6A8760

accent

#C0687D

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3556

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

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