#4E225E#4E225E

#4E225E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.110 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E225E
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 47%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 63.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 31.43, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 41.57, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.079 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.11 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7340, 3.5721, 10.9749)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E225E #325E22

analogous

#30225E #4E225E #5E2250

triadic

#4E225E #5E4E22 #225E4E

tetradic

#4E225E #5E3022 #325E22 #22505E

square

#4E225E #5E3022 #325E22 #22505E

split-complementary

#4E225E #505E22 #225E30

monochromatic

#130816 #291231 #4E225E #73328B #9943B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4E225E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E225E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E225E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E225E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E225E	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e225e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.110 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82608c',
    500: '#4e225e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e225e;
$custom-light: #82608c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e225e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34276,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E225E

secondary

#5D924A

accent

#D75175

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E225E

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

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