#4E2057#4E2057

#4E2057 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.105 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2057
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 87)
HSL	hsl(290, 46%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 63.2%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.36, 30.92, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.36, 39.08, 322.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.52% 0.0816 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(33.52% 0.105 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3785, 3.3411, 9.3766)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2057 #295720

analogous

#322057 #4E2057 #572044

triadic

#4E2057 #574E20 #20574E

tetradic

#4E2057 #573220 #295720 #204457

square

#4E2057 #573220 #295720 #204457

split-complementary

#4E2057 #445720 #205732

monochromatic

#140816 #26102A #4E2057 #763084 #9E41B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4E2057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E2057 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2057

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2057	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.105 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e86',
    500: '#4e2057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2057;
$custom-light: #815e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3352,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2057

secondary

#528B47

accent

#D65268

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2057

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

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