#4E214E#4E214E

#4E214E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.094 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E214E
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 28.41, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 33.83, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.079 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.094 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0608, 3.2578, 7.5685)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E214E #214E21

analogous

#38214E #4E214E #4E2138

triadic

#4E214E #4E4E21 #214E4E

tetradic

#4E214E #4E3821 #214E21 #21384E

square

#4E214E #4E3821 #214E21 #21384E

split-complementary

#4E214E #384E21 #214E38

monochromatic

#160916 #230F23 #4E214E #793379 #A445A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4E214E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E214E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E214E

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E214E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E214E	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e214e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.094 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f7f',
    500: '#4e214e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e214e;
$custom-light: #815f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e214e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33122,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E214E

secondary

#498249

accent

#D05757

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E214E

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

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