#4E2262#4E2262

#4E2262 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.114 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2262
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 98)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 65%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 65.3%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.46, 32.38, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.46, 43.75, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0791 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.114 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9181, 3.6458, 11.9449)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2262 #366222

analogous

#2E2262 #4E2262 #622256

triadic

#4E2262 #624E22 #22624E

tetradic

#4E2262 #622E22 #366222 #225662

square

#4E2262 #622E22 #366222 #225662

split-complementary

#4E2262 #566222 #22622E

monochromatic

#120817 #2A1235 #4E2262 #72328F #9642BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4E2262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2262 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2262

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2262	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.114 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82608f',
    500: '#4e2262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2262;
$custom-light: #82608f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34549,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2262

secondary

#62964A

accent

#D8507A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2262

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

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