#4E244B#4E244B

#4E244B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.085 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E244B
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 75)
HSL	hsl(304, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(304, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.54, 26.06, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.54, 30.35, 329.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0735 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.085 330)
XYZ	xyz(5.0427, 3.3897, 7.0439)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E244B #244E27

analogous

#3C244E #4E244B #4E2436

triadic

#4E244B #4B4E24 #244B4E

tetradic

#4E244B #4E3C24 #244E27 #24364E

square

#4E244B #4E3C24 #244E27 #24364E

split-complementary

#4E244B #364E24 #244E3C

monochromatic

#150A14 #241123 #4E244B #783773 #A24B9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#4E244B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E244B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E244B

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E244B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E244B	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22304C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E364A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e244b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.085 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81617d',
    500: '#4e244b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e244b;
$custom-light: #81617d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e244b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33435,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.03389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E244B

secondary

#4C8150

accent

#CD635B

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFEAEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A0509

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E244B

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

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