#4E3558#4E3558

#4E3558 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.066 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3558
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 88)
HSL	hsl(283, 25%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(283, 40%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 39.8%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 18.42, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 24.88, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% 0.0475 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.066 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1762, 4.8706, 9.8454)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3558 #3F5835

analogous

#3C3558 #4E3558 #583551

triadic

#4E3558 #584E35 #35584E

tetradic

#4E3558 #583C35 #3F5835 #355158

square

#4E3558 #583C35 #3F5835 #355158

split-complementary

#4E3558 #515835 #35583C

monochromatic

#110C13 #2C1E32 #4E3558 #704C7E #9165A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#4E3558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E3558 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3558

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3558	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.066 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c87',
    500: '#4e3558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3558;
$custom-light: #806c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 24.823,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37258,
    "c": 0.06611,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3558

secondary

#6C8960

accent

#C16780

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3558

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

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