#4E214B#4E214B

#4E214B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.091 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E214B
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 75)
HSL	hsl(304, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(304, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.89, 27.79, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.89, 32.36, 329.19°)
OKLab	oklab(32.95% 0.0785 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(32.95% 0.091 330)
XYZ	xyz(4.9557, 3.2157, 7.0149)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E214B #214E24

analogous

#3B214E #4E214B #4E2135

triadic

#4E214B #4B4E21 #214B4E

tetradic

#4E214B #4E3B21 #214E24 #21354E

square

#4E214B #4E3B21 #214E24 #21354E

split-complementary

#4E214B #354E21 #214E3B

monochromatic

#160915 #230F22 #4E214B #793374 #A4459E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4E214B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E214B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E214B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E214B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E214B	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C344A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e214b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.091 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f7d',
    500: '#4e214b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e214b;
$custom-light: #815f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e214b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32952,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.03215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E214B

secondary

#49824C

accent

#D05F57

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E214B

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

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