#4E254B#4E254B

#4E254B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.083 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E254B
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 75)
HSL	hsl(304, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(304, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.77, 25.47, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.77, 29.67, 329.15°)
OKLab	oklab(33.6% 0.0719 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(33.6% 0.083 330)
XYZ	xyz(5.0734, 3.4511, 7.0542)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E254B #254E28

analogous

#3C254E #4E254B #4E2537

triadic

#4E254B #4B4E25 #254B4E

tetradic

#4E254B #4E3C25 #254E28 #25374E

square

#4E254B #4E3C25 #254E28 #25374E

split-complementary

#4E254B #374E25 #254E3C

monochromatic

#150A14 #241123 #4E254B #783973 #A14C9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#4E254B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E254B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E254B

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E254B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E254B	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23314C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E364A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e254b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.083 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81617d',
    500: '#4e254b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e254b;
$custom-light: #81617d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e254b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.39,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33602,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.03451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E254B

secondary

#4E8151

accent

#CC645C

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEEAEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A0509

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E254B

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