#4E2548#4E2548

#4E2548 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.080 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2548
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 72)
HSL	hsl(309, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(309, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, 24.86, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 28.24, 331.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.45% 0.0711 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(33.45% 0.08 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9731, 3.4110, 6.5261)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2548 #254E2B

analogous

#3F254E #4E2548 #4E2534

triadic

#4E2548 #484E25 #25484E

tetradic

#4E2548 #4E3F25 #254E2B #25344E

square

#4E2548 #4E3F25 #254E2B #25344E

split-complementary

#4E2548 #344E25 #254E3F

monochromatic

#150A13 #241122 #4E2548 #78396E #A14C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#4E2548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2548

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2548	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#243049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.080 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81617b',
    500: '#4e2548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2548;
$custom-light: #81617b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.78,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33445,
    "c": 0.0799,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2548

secondary

#4E8155

accent

#CC6C5C

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEEAED

border

#C9C6C8

text

#0A0509

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2548

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

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