#4E215C#4E215C

#4E215C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.109 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E215C
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 92)
HSL	hsl(286, 47%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 64%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 64.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 31.51, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 41.12, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(33.99% 0.0804 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(33.99% 0.109 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6172, 3.4803, 10.4990)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E215C #2F5C21

analogous

#31215C #4E215C #5C214D

triadic

#4E215C #5C4E21 #215C4E

tetradic

#4E215C #5C3121 #2F5C21 #214D5C

square

#4E215C #5C3121 #2F5C21 #214D5C

split-complementary

#4E215C #4D5C21 #215C31

monochromatic

#130817 #28112F #4E215C #743189 #9A41B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4E215C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E215C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E215C

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E215C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E215C	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11315E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e215c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.109 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f8a',
    500: '#4e215c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e215c;
$custom-light: #825f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e215c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.763,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33994,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E215C

secondary

#5A9049

accent

#D75171

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E215C

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

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