#4E214F#4E214F

#4E214F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.095 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E214F
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 79)
HSL	hsl(299, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 58.2%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.10, 28.62, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.10, 34.33, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(33.18% 0.0792 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(33.18% 0.095 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0969, 3.2722, 7.7588)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E214F #224F21

analogous

#37214F #4E214F #4F2139

triadic

#4E214F #4F4E21 #214F4E

tetradic

#4E214F #4F3721 #224F21 #21394F

square

#4E214F #4F3721 #224F21 #21394F

split-complementary

#4E214F #394F21 #214F37

monochromatic

#150916 #230F24 #4E214F #79337A #A345A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4E214F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E214F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E214F

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E214F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E214F	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A354E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e214f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.095 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f80',
    500: '#4e214f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e214f;
$custom-light: #815f80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e214f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.696,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3318,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E214F

secondary

#4A8349

accent

#D1575A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E214F

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

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