#4E234A#4E234A

#4E234A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.086 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E234A
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 74)
HSL	hsl(306, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(306, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.27, 26.44, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.27, 30.55, 329.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% 0.075 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.086 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9789, 3.3165, 6.8551)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E234A #234E27

analogous

#3D234E #4E234A #4E2335

triadic

#4E234A #4A4E23 #234A4E

tetradic

#4E234A #4E3D23 #234E27 #23354E

square

#4E234A #4E3D23 #234E27 #23354E

split-complementary

#4E234A #354E23 #234E3D

monochromatic

#150914 #241022 #4E234A #783672 #A2499A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#4E234A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E234A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E234A

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E234A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E234A	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e234a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.086 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81607c',
    500: '#4e234a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e234a;
$custom-light: #81607c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e234a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.581,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33217,
    "c": 0.08584,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E234A

secondary

#4B8250

accent

#CE655A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A0509

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E234A

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

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