#4E2158#4E2158

#4E2158 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.105 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2158
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 88)
HSL	hsl(289, 45%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 62.5%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, 30.60, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 38.98, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.0802 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.105 320)
XYZ	xyz(5.4470, 3.4122, 9.6023)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2158 #2B5821

analogous

#322158 #4E2158 #582146

triadic

#4E2158 #584E21 #21584E

tetradic

#4E2158 #583221 #2B5821 #214658

square

#4E2158 #583221 #2B5821 #214658

split-complementary

#4E2158 #465821 #215832

monochromatic

#140816 #27102B #4E2158 #753285 #9D42B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#4E2158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2158 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2158

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2158	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15315A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.105 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f87',
    500: '#4e2158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2158;
$custom-light: #815f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33732,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.03412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2158

secondary

#558C49

accent

#D5536A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2158

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

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