#4E2263#4E2263

#4E2263 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.116 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2263
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 99)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 32.63, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 44.30, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0791 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.116 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9657, 3.6648, 12.1951)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 6.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2263 #376322

analogous

#2D2263 #4E2263 #632257

triadic

#4E2263 #634E22 #22634E

tetradic

#4E2263 #632D22 #376322 #225763

square

#4E2263 #632D22 #376322 #225763

split-complementary

#4E2263 #576322 #22632D

monochromatic

#120817 #2A1235 #4E2263 #723291 #9641BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#4E2263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2263 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2263

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2263	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.116 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826090',
    500: '#4e2263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2263;
$custom-light: #826090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.615,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34619,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2263

secondary

#63974A

accent

#D84F7C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2263

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

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