#4E224E#4E224E

#4E224E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.092 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E224E
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.26, 27.85, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.26, 33.17, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(33.28% 0.0774 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(33.28% 0.092 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0890, 3.3141, 7.5779)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E224E #224E22

analogous

#38224E #4E224E #4E2238

triadic

#4E224E #4E4E22 #224E4E

tetradic

#4E224E #4E3822 #224E22 #22384E

square

#4E224E #4E3822 #224E22 #22384E

split-complementary

#4E224E #384E22 #224E38

monochromatic

#150915 #230F23 #4E224E #793579 #A347A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#4E224E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E224E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E224E

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E224E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E224E	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e224e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.092 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f7f',
    500: '#4e224e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e224e;
$custom-light: #815f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e224e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33278,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E224E

secondary

#4A824A

accent

#CF5959

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E224E

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

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