#4E2049#4E2049

#4E2049 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.090 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2049
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 73)
HSL	hsl(307, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(307, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.57, 27.95, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.57, 32.06, 330.66°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% 0.0797 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.091 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8610, 3.1341, 6.6509)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2049 #204E25

analogous

#3C204E #4E2049 #4E2032

triadic

#4E2049 #494E20 #20494E

tetradic

#4E2049 #4E3C20 #204E25 #20324E

square

#4E2049 #4E3C20 #204E25 #20324E

split-complementary

#4E2049 #324E20 #204E3C

monochromatic

#160914 #230E20 #4E2049 #793272 #A5449A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#4E2049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E2049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2049

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2049	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.090 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e7c',
    500: '#4e2049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2049;
$custom-light: #815e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.522,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32685,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2049

secondary

#47824E

accent

#D26456

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2049

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

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