#4E154E#4E154E

#4E154E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.114 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E154E
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.83, 34.51, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.83, 40.84, 327.65°)
OKLab	oklab(31.5% 0.0962 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(31.5% 0.114 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7851, 2.7064, 7.4766)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E154E #154E15

analogous

#32154E #4E154E #4E1532

triadic

#4E154E #4E4E15 #154E4E

tetradic

#4E154E #4E3215 #154E15 #15324E

square

#4E154E #4E3215 #154E15 #15324E

split-complementary

#4E154E #324E15 #154E32

monochromatic

#180618 #1E081E #4E154E #7E227E #AE2FAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#4E154E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4E154E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E154E

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E154E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E154E	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23304C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e154e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.114 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825880',
    500: '#4e154e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e154e;
$custom-light: #825880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e154e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31504,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E154E

secondary

#398639

accent

#E14747

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E154E

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

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