#4E2264#4E2264

#4E2264 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.117 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2264
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 100)
HSL	hsl(280, 49%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 66%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.60, 32.87, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.60, 44.85, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.079 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.117 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0138, 3.6840, 12.4484)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 6.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2264 #386422

analogous

#2D2264 #4E2264 #642259

triadic

#4E2264 #644E22 #22644E

tetradic

#4E2264 #642D22 #386422 #225964

square

#4E2264 #642D22 #386422 #225964

split-complementary

#4E2264 #596422 #22642D

monochromatic

#120817 #2A1236 #4E2264 #723292 #9542BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4E2264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E2264 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2264

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2264	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.117 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826090',
    500: '#4e2264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2264;
$custom-light: #826090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3469,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2264

secondary

#64984A

accent

#D94F7D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2264

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

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