#4E3850#4E3850

#4E3850 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.049 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3850
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 80)
HSL	hsl(295, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(295, 30%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 30%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 14.59, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 18.15, 323.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0398 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.049 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0039, 5.0274, 8.2420)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3850 #3A5038

analogous

#423850 #4E3850 #503846

triadic

#4E3850 #504E38 #38504E

tetradic

#4E3850 #504238 #3A5038 #384650

square

#4E3850 #504238 #3A5038 #384650

split-complementary

#4E3850 #465038 #385042

monochromatic

#120D12 #2B1F2C #4E3850 #715174 #946B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4E3850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E3850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3850

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3850	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B404F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.049 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f81',
    500: '#4e3850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3850;
$custom-light: #806f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37481,
    "c": 0.04934,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3850

secondary

#668064

accent

#BA6D74

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3850

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

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