#4E2261#4E2261

#4E2261 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.113 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2261
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 97)
HSL	hsl(282, 48%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 65%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 32.14, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 43.21, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0791 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.113 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8712, 3.6270, 11.6977)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2261 #356122

analogous

#2E2261 #4E2261 #612254

triadic

#4E2261 #614E22 #22614E

tetradic

#4E2261 #612E22 #356122 #225461

square

#4E2261 #612E22 #356122 #225461

split-complementary

#4E2261 #546122 #22612E

monochromatic

#120817 #2A1234 #4E2261 #72328E #9742BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4E2261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2261

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2261	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20375F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.113 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82608e',
    500: '#4e2261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2261;
$custom-light: #82608e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.905,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3448,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2261

secondary

#61954A

accent

#D85079

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2261

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

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