#4E245C#4E245C

#4E245C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.104 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E245C
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 92)
HSL	hsl(285, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 60.9%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 29.84, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 39.20, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.45% 0.076 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(34.45% 0.104 317)
XYZ	xyz(5.7042, 3.6544, 10.5280)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E245C #325C24

analogous

#32245C #4E245C #5C244E

triadic

#4E245C #5C4E24 #245C4E

tetradic

#4E245C #5C3224 #325C24 #244E5C

square

#4E245C #5C3224 #325C24 #244E5C

split-complementary

#4E245C #4E5C24 #245C32

monochromatic

#130916 #291330 #4E245C #733588 #9946B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#4E245C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E245C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E245C

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E245C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E245C	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16335E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25375B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e245c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.104 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81618a',
    500: '#4e245c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e245c;
$custom-light: #81618a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e245c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34447,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.03654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E245C

secondary

#5D904C

accent

#D35474

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E245C

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

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