#4E3A50#4E3A50

#4E3A50 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.045 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3A50
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 80)
HSL	hsl(295, 16%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(295, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.37, 13.29, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.37, 16.60, 323.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0362 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.045 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1027, 5.2252, 8.2749)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3A50 #3C503A

analogous

#433A50 #4E3A50 #503A47

triadic

#4E3A50 #504E3A #3A504E

tetradic

#4E3A50 #50433A #3C503A #3A4750

square

#4E3A50 #50433A #3C503A #3A4750

split-complementary

#4E3A50 #47503A #3A5043

monochromatic

#110D12 #2B202D #4E3A50 #715473 #926E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#4E3A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E3A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3A50

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3A50	1.00	10.27	2.05	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D414F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.045 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807081',
    500: '#4e3a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3a50;
$custom-light: #807081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37905,
    "c": 0.04506,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3A50

secondary

#688066

accent

#B96F76

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3A50

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

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