#4E2351#4E2351

#4E2351 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.093 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2351
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 81)
HSL	hsl(296, 40%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(296, 57%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 56.8%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 27.92, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 34.03, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.0763 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.093 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2280, 3.4161, 8.1670)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2351 #265123

analogous

#372351 #4E2351 #51233D

triadic

#4E2351 #514E23 #23514E

tetradic

#4E2351 #513723 #265123 #233D51

square

#4E2351 #513723 #265123 #233D51

split-complementary

#4E2351 #3D5123 #235137

monochromatic

#150915 #251126 #4E2351 #77357C #A048A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#4E2351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2351 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2351

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2351	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.093 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816082',
    500: '#4e2351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2351;
$custom-light: #816082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.087,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33611,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2351

secondary

#4F854B

accent

#D05860

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2351

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

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