#4E224A#4E224A

#4E224A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.088 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E224A
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 74)
HSL	hsl(305, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(305, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 27.02, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 31.22, 329.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.0767 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.088 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9499, 3.2585, 6.8455)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E224A #224E26

analogous

#3C224E #4E224A #4E2234

triadic

#4E224A #4A4E22 #224A4E

tetradic

#4E224A #4E3C22 #224E26 #22344E

square

#4E224A #4E3C22 #224E26 #22344E

split-complementary

#4E224A #344E22 #224E3C

monochromatic

#150914 #230F22 #4E224A #793572 #A3479B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#4E224A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E224A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E224A

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E224A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E224A	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e224a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.088 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f7c',
    500: '#4e224a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e224a;
$custom-light: #815f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e224a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33055,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E224A

secondary

#4A824F

accent

#CF6359

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A0509

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E224A

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

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