#4E245E#4E245E

#4E245E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.106 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E245E
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 94)
HSL	hsl(283, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 61.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 30.31, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 40.29, 318.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.58% 0.0761 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(34.58% 0.106 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7928, 3.6898, 10.9946)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E245E #345E24

analogous

#31245E #4E245E #5E2451

triadic

#4E245E #5E4E24 #245E4E

tetradic

#4E245E #5E3124 #345E24 #24515E

square

#4E245E #5E3124 #345E24 #24515E

split-complementary

#4E245E #515E24 #245E31

monochromatic

#120816 #291332 #4E245E #73358A #9746B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#4E245E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E245E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E245E

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E245E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E245E	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24375D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e245e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.106 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81618c',
    500: '#4e245e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e245e;
$custom-light: #81618c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e245e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34578,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E245E

secondary

#5F924C

accent

#D45377

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E245E

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

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