#4E225F#4E225F

#4E225F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.111 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E225F
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 95)
HSL	hsl(283, 47%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 31.67, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 42.12, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.079 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.111 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7791, 3.5902, 11.2128)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E225F #335F22

analogous

#30225F #4E225F #5F2251

triadic

#4E225F #5F4E22 #225F4E

tetradic

#4E225F #5F3022 #335F22 #22515F

square

#4E225F #5F3022 #335F22 #22515F

split-complementary

#4E225F #515F22 #225F30

monochromatic

#130817 #291232 #4E225F #73328C #9842B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4E225F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E225F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E225F

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E225F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E225F	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e225f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.111 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82608d',
    500: '#4e225f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e225f;
$custom-light: #82608d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e225f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.279,
    "s": 47.287,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34343,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E225F

secondary

#5E934A

accent

#D75176

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E225F

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

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