#4E384B#4E384B

#4E384B is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.043 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E384B
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 75)
HSL	hsl(308, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(308, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 13.48, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 15.58, 329.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% 0.038 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.043 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8260, 4.9562, 7.3050)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E384B #384E3B

analogous

#46384E #4E384B #4E3840

triadic

#4E384B #4B4E38 #384B4E

tetradic

#4E384B #4E4638 #384E3B #38404E

square

#4E384B #4E4638 #384E3B #38404E

split-complementary

#4E384B #404E38 #384E46

monochromatic

#120D11 #2A1E29 #4E384B #72526D #956B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4E384B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E384B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E384B

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E384B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E384B	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D404A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50393F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e384b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.043 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e7d',
    500: '#4e384b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e384b;
$custom-light: #806e7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e384b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37259,
    "c": 0.04334,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E384B

secondary

#647E67

accent

#B9796F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A0709

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E384B

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