#4E244D#4E244D

#4E244D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.087 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E244D
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 77)
HSL	hsl(301, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(301, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 26.48, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 31.33, 327.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.074 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.087 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1122, 3.4176, 7.4101)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E244D #244E25

analogous

#3A244E #4E244D #4E2438

triadic

#4E244D #4D4E24 #244D4E

tetradic

#4E244D #4E3A24 #244E25 #24384E

square

#4E244D #4E3A24 #244E25 #24384E

split-complementary

#4E244D #384E24 #244E3A

monochromatic

#150A15 #241124 #4E244D #783776 #A24BA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#4E244D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E244D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E244D

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E244D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E244D	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21304E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D364C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502835

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e244d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.087 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81617f',
    500: '#4e244d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e244d;
$custom-light: #81617f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e244d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33545,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E244D

secondary

#4C814E

accent

#CD5E5B

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFEAEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E244D

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

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