#4E2258#4E2258

#4E2258 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.103 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2258
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 88)
HSL	hsl(289, 44%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 61.4%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 30.04, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 38.34, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% 0.0787 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.103 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4751, 3.4686, 9.6117)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2258 #2C5822

analogous

#332258 #4E2258 #582247

triadic

#4E2258 #584E22 #22584E

tetradic

#4E2258 #583322 #2C5822 #224758

square

#4E2258 #583322 #2C5822 #224758

split-complementary

#4E2258 #475822 #225833

monochromatic

#140916 #27112C #4E2258 #753384 #9C44B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4E2258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E2258 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2258

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2258	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17315A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.103 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816087',
    500: '#4e2258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2258;
$custom-light: #816087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33883,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2258

secondary

#568C4A

accent

#D4546C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2258

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

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