#4E234D#4E234D

#4E234D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.089 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E234D
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 77)
HSL	hsl(301, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(301, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 27.06, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 32.01, 327.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0756 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.089 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0824, 3.3579, 7.4002)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E234D #234E24

analogous

#3A234E #4E234D #4E2338

triadic

#4E234D #4D4E23 #234D4E

tetradic

#4E234D #4E3A23 #234E24 #23384E

square

#4E234D #4E3A23 #234E24 #23384E

split-complementary

#4E234D #384E23 #234E3A

monochromatic

#150915 #241023 #4E234D #783677 #A249A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#4E234D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E234D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E234D

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E234D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E234D	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20304E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C354C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e234d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.089 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81607f',
    500: '#4e234d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e234d;
$custom-light: #81607f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e234d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.395,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33382,
    "c": 0.08895,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E234D

secondary

#4B824C

accent

#CE5D5A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E234D

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

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