#4E254C#4E254C

#4E254C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.084 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E254C
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 76)
HSL	hsl(303, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(303, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 2.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 25.68, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 30.16, 328.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0721 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.084 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1079, 3.4649, 7.2358)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E254C #254E27

analogous

#3C254E #4E254C #4E2537

triadic

#4E254C #4C4E25 #254C4E

tetradic

#4E254C #4E3C25 #254E27 #25374E

square

#4E254C #4E3C25 #254E27 #25374E

split-complementary

#4E254C #374E25 #254E3C

monochromatic

#150A14 #241124 #4E254C #783974 #A14C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4E254C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E254C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E254C

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E254C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E254C	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22314D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E364B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512935

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e254c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.084 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81617e',
    500: '#4e254c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e254c;
$custom-light: #81617e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e254c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.927,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33656,
    "c": 0.08404,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E254C

secondary

#4E8150

accent

#CC625C

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFEAEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E254C

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

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