#4E2459#4E2459

#4E2459 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.100 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2459
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 89)
HSL	hsl(288, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 59.6%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 29.14, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 37.58, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.0757 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.1 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5757, 3.6029, 9.8510)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2459 #2F5924

analogous

#342459 #4E2459 #59244A

triadic

#4E2459 #594E24 #24594E

tetradic

#4E2459 #593424 #2F5924 #244A59

square

#4E2459 #593424 #2F5924 #244A59

split-complementary

#4E2459 #4A5924 #245934

monochromatic

#130916 #28122D #4E2459 #743685 #9A47B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4E2459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E2459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2459

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2459	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19335B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.100 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816188',
    500: '#4e2459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2459;
$custom-light: #816188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.547,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34256,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2459

secondary

#5A8D4C

accent

#D2566F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2459

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

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