#4E3855#4E3855

#4E3855 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.056 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3855
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 85)
HSL	hsl(286, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(286, 34%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 34.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 15.75, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 20.90, 318.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0414 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.056 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1955, 5.1041, 9.2514)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3855 #3F5538

analogous

#3F3855 #4E3855 #55384D

triadic

#4E3855 #554E38 #38554E

tetradic

#4E3855 #553F38 #3F5538 #384D55

square

#4E3855 #553F38 #3F5538 #384D55

split-complementary

#4E3855 #4D5538 #38553F

monochromatic

#110C12 #2C2030 #4E3855 #70507A #916A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#4E3855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E3855 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3855

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3855	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.056 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f85',
    500: '#4e3855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3855;
$custom-light: #806f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 20.567,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37718,
    "c": 0.05587,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3855

secondary

#6C8564

accent

#BD6B7F

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECEF

border

#C9C7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3855

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

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