#4E3955#4E3955

#4E3955 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.054 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3955
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 85)
HSL	hsl(285, 20%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(285, 33%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 32.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.30, 15.11, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.30, 20.14, 318.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0397 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.054 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2445, 5.2020, 9.2677)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3955 #405539

analogous

#403955 #4E3955 #55394E

triadic

#4E3955 #554E39 #39554E

tetradic

#4E3955 #554039 #405539 #394E55

square

#4E3955 #554039 #405539 #394E55

split-complementary

#4E3955 #4E5539 #395540

monochromatic

#110C12 #2C2030 #4E3955 #70527A #906C9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#4E3955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E3955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3955

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3955	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.054 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f85',
    500: '#4e3955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3955;
$custom-light: #806f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 19.718,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37926,
    "c": 0.05377,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3955

secondary

#6D8565

accent

#BC6B80

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECEF

border

#C9C7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3955

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

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