#4E254D#4E254D

#4E254D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.085 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E254D
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 77)
HSL	hsl(301, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(301, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 25.89, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 30.65, 327.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.71% 0.0723 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(33.71% 0.085 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1429, 3.4789, 7.4203)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E254D #254E26

analogous

#3A254E #4E254D #4E2539

triadic

#4E254D #4D4E25 #254D4E

tetradic

#4E254D #4E3A25 #254E26 #25394E

square

#4E254D #4E3A25 #254E26 #25394E

split-complementary

#4E254D #394E25 #254E3A

monochromatic

#150A14 #241124 #4E254D #783976 #A14C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4E254D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E254D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E254D

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E254D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E254D	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22314E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E364C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502935

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e254d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.085 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81617f',
    500: '#4e254d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e254d;
$custom-light: #81617f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e254d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.463,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33711,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E254D

secondary

#4E814F

accent

#CC5F5C

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFEAEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E254D

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

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