#4E235C#4E235C

#4E235C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.106 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E235C
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 92)
HSL	hsl(285, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 62%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 30.40, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 39.85, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0775 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.106 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6744, 3.5947, 10.5181)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E235C #315C23

analogous

#31235C #4E235C #5C234E

triadic

#4E235C #5C4E23 #235C4E

tetradic

#4E235C #5C3123 #315C23 #234E5C

square

#4E235C #5C3123 #315C23 #234E5C

split-complementary

#4E235C #4E5C23 #235C31

monochromatic

#130816 #281230 #4E235C #743488 #9945B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4E235C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E235C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E235C

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E235C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E235C	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15335E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24375B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e235c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.106 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81608a',
    500: '#4e235c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e235c;
$custom-light: #81608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e235c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.263,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34293,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E235C

secondary

#5C904B

accent

#D55373

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E235C

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

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