#4E225C#4E225C

#4E225C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.107 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E225C
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 92)
HSL	hsl(286, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 63%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 30.96, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 40.49, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0789 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.107 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6454, 3.5367, 10.5084)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E225C #305C22

analogous

#31225C #4E225C #5C224D

triadic

#4E225C #5C4E22 #225C4E

tetradic

#4E225C #5C3122 #305C22 #224D5C

square

#4E225C #5C3122 #305C22 #224D5C

split-complementary

#4E225C #4D5C22 #225C31

monochromatic

#130816 #28112F #4E225C #743389 #9A43B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#4E225C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E225C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E225C

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E225C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E225C	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13325E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e225c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.107 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81608a',
    500: '#4e225c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e225c;
$custom-light: #81608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e225c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34142,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E225C

secondary

#5B904A

accent

#D65272

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E225C

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

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