#4E3950#4E3950

#4E3950 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.047 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3950
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(295, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(295, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 28.8%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, 13.94, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 17.37, 323.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.038 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.047 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0528, 5.1253, 8.2583)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3950 #3B5039

analogous

#433950 #4E3950 #503947

triadic

#4E3950 #504E39 #39504E

tetradic

#4E3950 #504339 #3B5039 #394750

square

#4E3950 #504339 #3B5039 #394750

split-complementary

#4E3950 #475039 #395043

monochromatic

#110D12 #2B202C #4E3950 #715274 #936D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#4E3950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E3950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3950

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3950	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C414F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.047 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f81',
    500: '#4e3950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3950;
$custom-light: #806f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 16.788,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37692,
    "c": 0.0472,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3950

secondary

#678065

accent

#BA6E75

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3950

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

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