#4E215E#4E215E

#4E215E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.111 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E215E
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 65%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 64.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.00, 31.98, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.00, 42.20, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0804 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.111 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7058, 3.5158, 10.9656)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E215E #315E21

analogous

#2F215E #4E215E #5E2150

triadic

#4E215E #5E4E21 #215E4E

tetradic

#4E215E #5E2F21 #315E21 #21505E

square

#4E215E #5E2F21 #315E21 #21505E

split-complementary

#4E215E #505E21 #215E2F

monochromatic

#130817 #281131 #4E215E #74318B #9941B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4E215E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E215E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E215E

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E215E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E215E	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21365C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e215e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.111 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f8c',
    500: '#4e215e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e215e;
$custom-light: #825f8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e215e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.262,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34129,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E215E

secondary

#5C9249

accent

#D85074

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E215E

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

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