#4E224B#4E224B

#4E224B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.089 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E224B
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 75)
HSL	hsl(304, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(304, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.10, 27.22, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.10, 31.70, 329.18°)
OKLab	oklab(33.11% 0.0769 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(33.11% 0.089 330)
XYZ	xyz(4.9839, 3.2721, 7.0243)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E224B #224E25

analogous

#3B224E #4E224B #4E2235

triadic

#4E224B #4B4E22 #224B4E

tetradic

#4E224B #4E3B22 #224E25 #22354E

square

#4E224B #4E3B22 #224E25 #22354E

split-complementary

#4E224B #354E22 #224E3B

monochromatic

#150914 #230F22 #4E224B #793574 #A3479D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4E224B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E224B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E224B

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E224B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E224B	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F2F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D354A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e224b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.089 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f7d',
    500: '#4e224b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e224b;
$custom-light: #815f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e224b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.091,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3311,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.03272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E224B

secondary

#4A824E

accent

#CF6159

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A0509

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E224B

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

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