#4E234F#4E234F

#4E234F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.091 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E234F
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 79)
HSL	hsl(299, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 55.7%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.53, 27.48, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.53, 33.01, 326.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.076 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.091 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1541, 3.3866, 7.7778)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E234F #244F23

analogous

#38234F #4E234F #4F233A

triadic

#4E234F #4F4E23 #234F4E

tetradic

#4E234F #4F3823 #244F23 #233A4F

square

#4E234F #4F3823 #244F23 #233A4F

split-complementary

#4E234F #3A4F23 #234F38

monochromatic

#150915 #241025 #4E234F #783679 #A249A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#4E234F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E234F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E234F

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E234F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E234F	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B364E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502835

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e234f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.091 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816080',
    500: '#4e234f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e234f;
$custom-light: #816080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e234f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.636,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33495,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E234F

secondary

#4C834B

accent

#CF595C

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E234F

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

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