#4E235F#4E235F

#4E235F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.109 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E235F
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 95)
HSL	hsl(283, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 31.11, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 41.48, 318.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0776 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.109 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8081, 3.6482, 11.2225)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E235F #345F23

analogous

#30235F #4E235F #5F2352

triadic

#4E235F #5F4E23 #235F4E

tetradic

#4E235F #5F3023 #345F23 #23525F

square

#4E235F #5F3023 #345F23 #23525F

split-complementary

#4E235F #525F23 #235F30

monochromatic

#120816 #291332 #4E235F #73338C #9744B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4E235F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E235F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E235F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E235F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E235F	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22375E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e235f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.109 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82608d',
    500: '#4e235f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e235f;
$custom-light: #82608d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e235f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34492,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E235F

secondary

#5F934B

accent

#D65277

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E235F

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

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