#4E205E#4E205E

#4E205E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.113 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E205E
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 94)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 66%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 32.52, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 42.81, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.99% 0.0818 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(33.99% 0.113 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6785, 3.4611, 10.9564)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E205E #305E20

analogous

#2F205E #4E205E #5E204F

triadic

#4E205E #5E4E20 #205E4E

tetradic

#4E205E #5E2F20 #305E20 #204F5E

square

#4E205E #5E2F20 #305E20 #204F5E

split-complementary

#4E205E #4F5E20 #205E2F

monochromatic

#130817 #281030 #4E205E #74308C #9A3FB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4E205E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E205E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E205E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E205E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E205E	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21365C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e205e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.113 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f8c',
    500: '#4e205e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e205e;
$custom-light: #825f8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e205e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33985,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E205E

secondary

#5B9247

accent

#D94F73

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E205E

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

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