#4E2156#4E2156

#4E2156 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.102 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2156
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 86)
HSL	hsl(291, 45%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(291, 62%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 61.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 30.15, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 37.93, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.08 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.102 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3653, 3.3795, 9.1720)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2156 #295621

analogous

#332156 #4E2156 #562143

triadic

#4E2156 #564E21 #21564E

tetradic

#4E2156 #563321 #295621 #214356

square

#4E2156 #563321 #295621 #214356

split-complementary

#4E2156 #435621 #215633

monochromatic

#140816 #26102A #4E2156 #763282 #9E43AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#4E2156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2156

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2156	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.102 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f86',
    500: '#4e2156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2156;
$custom-light: #815f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.943,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33605,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2156

secondary

#528A49

accent

#D45467

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2156

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

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