#4E3C56#4E3C56

#4E3C56 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.049 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C56
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 86)
HSL	hsl(282, 18%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 30%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 13.39, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 18.41, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.0347 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.049 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4372, 5.5234, 9.5293)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C56 #44563C

analogous

#413C56 #4E3C56 #563C51

triadic

#4E3C56 #564E3C #3C564E

tetradic

#4E3C56 #56413C #44563C #3C5156

square

#4E3C56 #56413C #44563C #3C5156

split-complementary

#4E3C56 #51563C #3C5641

monochromatic

#100D12 #2D2332 #4E3C56 #6F557A #8E719C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E3C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E3C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C56

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C56	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.049 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807285',
    500: '#4e3c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c56;
$custom-light: #807285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 17.808,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38608,
    "c": 0.04888,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C56

secondary

#718668

accent

#BA6D85

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECEF

border

#C9C7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C56

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