#4E2257#4E2257

#4E2257 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.102 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2257
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 87)
HSL	hsl(290, 44%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.77, 29.81, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.77, 37.81, 322.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.0786 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.102 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4340, 3.4521, 9.3951)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2257 #2B5722

analogous

#332257 #4E2257 #572245

triadic

#4E2257 #574E22 #22574E

tetradic

#4E2257 #573322 #2B5722 #224557

square

#4E2257 #573322 #2B5722 #224557

split-complementary

#4E2257 #455722 #225733

monochromatic

#140916 #27112B #4E2257 #753383 #9D44AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#4E2257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E2257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2257

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2257	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.102 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816086',
    500: '#4e2257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2257;
$custom-light: #816086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.811,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33819,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2257

secondary

#558B4A

accent

#D4546A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2257

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

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