#4E235E#4E235E

#4E235E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.108 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E235E
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 62.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 30.87, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 40.94, 318.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0775 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.108 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7630, 3.6301, 10.9846)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E235E #335E23

analogous

#31235E #4E235E #5E2350

triadic

#4E235E #5E4E23 #235E4E

tetradic

#4E235E #5E3123 #335E23 #23505E

square

#4E235E #5E3123 #335E23 #23505E

split-complementary

#4E235E #505E23 #235E31

monochromatic

#130816 #291231 #4E235E #73348B #9844B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4E235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E235E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E235E	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23375D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.108 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81608c',
    500: '#4e235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e235e;
$custom-light: #81608c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.729,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34425,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E235E

secondary

#5E924B

accent

#D55276

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E235E

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

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