#4E235B#4E235B

#4E235B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.105 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E235B
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 91)
HSL	hsl(286, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 30.17, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 39.31, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.23% 0.0774 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(34.23% 0.105 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6310, 3.5773, 10.2894)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E235B #305B23

analogous

#32235B #4E235B #5B234C

triadic

#4E235B #5B4E23 #235B4E

tetradic

#4E235B #5B3223 #305B23 #234C5B

square

#4E235B #5B3223 #305B23 #234C5B

split-complementary

#4E235B #4C5B23 #235B32

monochromatic

#130916 #28122F #4E235B #743487 #9A45B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4E235B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E235B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E235B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E235B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E235B	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16325D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25375A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e235b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.105 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81608a',
    500: '#4e235b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e235b;
$custom-light: #81608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e235b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.071,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34228,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E235B

secondary

#5B8F4B

accent

#D45471

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E235B

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

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