#4E215D#4E215D

#4E215D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.110 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E215D
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 93)
HSL	hsl(285, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 31.75, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 41.66, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0804 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.11 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6612, 3.4979, 10.7308)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E215D #305D21

analogous

#30215D #4E215D #5D214E

triadic

#4E215D #5D4E21 #215D4E

tetradic

#4E215D #5D3021 #305D21 #214E5D

square

#4E215D #5D3021 #305D21 #214E5D

split-complementary

#4E215D #4E5D21 #215D30

monochromatic

#130817 #281130 #4E215D #74318A #9A41B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#4E215D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E215D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E215D

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E215D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E215D	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10325F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e215d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.110 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f8b',
    500: '#4e215d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e215d;
$custom-light: #825f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e215d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34061,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E215D

secondary

#5B9149

accent

#D75172

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E215D

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

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