#4E3559#4E3559

#4E3559 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.067 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3559
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 89)
HSL	hsl(282, 25%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(282, 40%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 40.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 18.66, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 25.45, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0478 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.067 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2179, 4.8873, 10.0651)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3559 #405935

analogous

#3C3559 #4E3559 #593552

triadic

#4E3559 #594E35 #35594E

tetradic

#4E3559 #593C35 #405935 #355259

square

#4E3559 #593C35 #405935 #355259

split-complementary

#4E3559 #525935 #35593C

monochromatic

#110B13 #2C1E33 #4E3559 #704C7F #9065A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4E3559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E3559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3559

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3559	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3D5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.067 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c88',
    500: '#4e3559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3559;
$custom-light: #806c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 25.352,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3731,
    "c": 0.06746,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3559

secondary

#6D8A60

accent

#C26682

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3559

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

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