#4E384D#4E384D

#4E384D is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.046 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E384D
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 77)
HSL	hsl(303, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(303, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 13.92, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 16.57, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0387 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.046 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8955, 4.9841, 7.6712)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E384D #384E39

analogous

#44384E #4E384D #4E3842

triadic

#4E384D #4D4E38 #384D4E

tetradic

#4E384D #4E4438 #384E39 #38424E

square

#4E384D #4E4438 #384E39 #38424E

split-complementary

#4E384D #424E38 #384E44

monochromatic

#120D12 #2A1E2A #4E384D #725270 #956B93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#4E384D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E384D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E384D

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E384D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E384D	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C404C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e384d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.046 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f7e',
    500: '#4e384d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e384d;
$custom-light: #806f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e384d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37346,
    "c": 0.04566,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E384D

secondary

#647E65

accent

#B9726F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E384D

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