#4E2157#4E2157

#4E2157 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.103 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2157
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 87)
HSL	hsl(290, 45%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(290, 62%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 62.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.56, 30.37, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.56, 38.45, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.67% 0.0801 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(33.67% 0.103 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4058, 3.3958, 9.3857)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2157 #2A5721

analogous

#332157 #4E2157 #572145

triadic

#4E2157 #574E21 #21574E

tetradic

#4E2157 #573321 #2A5721 #214557

square

#4E2157 #573321 #2A5721 #214557

split-complementary

#4E2157 #455721 #215733

monochromatic

#140816 #26102B #4E2157 #763283 #9E43B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#4E2157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2157

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2157	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.103 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f86',
    500: '#4e2157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2157;
$custom-light: #815f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33668,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2157

secondary

#548B49

accent

#D55369

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2157

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

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