#4E225D#4E225D

#4E225D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.109 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E225D
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 93)
HSL	hsl(285, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 63.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 31.19, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 41.03, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.079 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.109 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6894, 3.5543, 10.7402)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E225D #315D22

analogous

#31225D #4E225D #5D224E

triadic

#4E225D #5D4E22 #225D4E

tetradic

#4E225D #5D3122 #315D22 #224E5D

square

#4E225D #5D3122 #315D22 #224E5D

split-complementary

#4E225D #4E5D22 #225D31

monochromatic

#130816 #281230 #4E225D #74328A #9943B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4E225D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E225D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E225D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E225D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E225D	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12325F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23365C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e225d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.109 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82608b',
    500: '#4e225d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e225d;
$custom-light: #82608b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e225d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.746,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34209,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E225D

secondary

#5C914A

accent

#D65273

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E225D

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

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