#4E245A#4E245A

#4E245A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.102 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E245A
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 90)
HSL	hsl(287, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 60%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 29.37, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 38.12, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(34.32% 0.0758 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(34.32% 0.102 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6180, 3.6199, 10.0736)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E245A #305A24

analogous

#33245A #4E245A #5A244B

triadic

#4E245A #5A4E24 #245A4E

tetradic

#4E245A #5A3324 #305A24 #244B5A

square

#4E245A #5A3324 #305A24 #244B5A

split-complementary

#4E245A #4B5A24 #245A33

monochromatic

#130916 #28132E #4E245A #743586 #9A47B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4E245A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E245A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E245A

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E245A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E245A	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18335C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e245a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.102 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816189',
    500: '#4e245a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e245a;
$custom-light: #816189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e245a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34319,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E245A

secondary

#5B8E4C

accent

#D35571

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E245A

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

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