#4E3856#4E3856

#4E3856 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.057 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3856
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 86)
HSL	hsl(284, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(284, 35%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 15.99, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 21.47, 318.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0417 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.057 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2355, 5.1201, 9.4621)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3856 #405638

analogous

#3F3856 #4E3856 #56384F

triadic

#4E3856 #564E38 #38564E

tetradic

#4E3856 #563F38 #405638 #384F56

square

#4E3856 #563F38 #405638 #384F56

split-complementary

#4E3856 #4F5638 #38563F

monochromatic

#110C13 #2C2031 #4E3856 #70507B #906A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4E3856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E3856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3856

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3856	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.057 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f85',
    500: '#4e3856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3856;
$custom-light: #806f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 21.127,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37767,
    "c": 0.05721,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3856

secondary

#6D8664

accent

#BE6A80

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECEF

border

#C9C7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3856

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

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