#4E235A#4E235A

#4E235A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.103 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E235A
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 90)
HSL	hsl(287, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 61.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 29.94, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 38.77, 320.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.0773 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.103 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5881, 3.5602, 10.0637)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E235A #2F5A23

analogous

#33235A #4E235A #5A234B

triadic

#4E235A #5A4E23 #235A4E

tetradic

#4E235A #5A3323 #2F5A23 #234B5A

square

#4E235A #5A3323 #2F5A23 #234B5A

split-complementary

#4E235A #4B5A23 #235A33

monochromatic

#130916 #28122E #4E235A #743486 #9A45B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4E235A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E235A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E235A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E235A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E235A	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17325C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e235a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.103 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816089',
    500: '#4e235a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e235a;
$custom-light: #816089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e235a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.909,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34164,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E235A

secondary

#5A8E4B

accent

#D45470

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E235A

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

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