#4E394C#4E394C

#4E394C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.042 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E394C
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 76)
HSL	hsl(306, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(306, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 2.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 13.05, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 15.30, 328.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0365 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.042 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9094, 5.0679, 7.5030)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E394C #394E3B

analogous

#46394E #4E394C #4E3942

triadic

#4E394C #4C4E39 #394C4E

tetradic

#4E394C #4E4639 #394E3B #39424E

square

#4E394C #4E4639 #394E3B #39424E

split-complementary

#4E394C #424E39 #394E46

monochromatic

#120D11 #2B1F2A #4E394C #71536E #946D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4E394C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E394C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E394C

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E394C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E394C	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D414B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e394c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.042 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f7e',
    500: '#4e394c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e394c;
$custom-light: #806f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e394c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37515,
    "c": 0.04233,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E394C

secondary

#657E67

accent

#B8766F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A0709

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E394C

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