#4E225B#4E225B

#4E225B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.106 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E225B
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 91)
HSL	hsl(286, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 30.73, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 39.95, 320.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.08% 0.0789 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(34.08% 0.106 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6020, 3.5193, 10.2797)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E225B #2F5B22

analogous

#32225B #4E225B #5B224C

triadic

#4E225B #5B4E22 #225B4E

tetradic

#4E225B #5B3222 #2F5B22 #224C5B

square

#4E225B #5B3222 #2F5B22 #224C5B

split-complementary

#4E225B #4C5B22 #225B32

monochromatic

#130816 #28112E #4E225B #743388 #9A43B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4E225B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E225B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E225B

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E225B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E225B	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14325D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24365A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e225b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.106 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81608a',
    500: '#4e225b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e225b;
$custom-light: #81608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e225b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.316,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34076,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E225B

secondary

#5A8F4A

accent

#D55370

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E225B

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

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