#4E3C5A#4E3C5A

#4E3C5A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.055 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C5A
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 90)
HSL	hsl(276, 20%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 33%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 14.37, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 20.74, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.036 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.055 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6029, 5.5897, 10.4020)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C5A #485A3C

analogous

#3F3C5A #4E3C5A #5A3C57

triadic

#4E3C5A #5A4E3C #3C5A4E

tetradic

#4E3C5A #5A3F3C #485A3C #3C575A

square

#4E3C5A #5A3F3C #485A3C #3C575A

split-complementary

#4E3C5A #575A3C #3C5A3F

monochromatic

#100C12 #2E2435 #4E3C5A #6E547F #8D70A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#4E3C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E3C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C5A

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C5A	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37425B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.055 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807288',
    500: '#4e3c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c5a;
$custom-light: #807288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38801,
    "c": 0.05455,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C5A

secondary

#768A68

accent

#BD6B8C

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C5A

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

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