#4E254E#4E254E

#4E254E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.086 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E254E
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 26.10, -17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 31.15, 326.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.77% 0.0725 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(33.77% 0.086 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1785, 3.4932, 7.6077)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E254E #254E25

analogous

#39254E #4E254E #4E2539

triadic

#4E254E #4E4E25 #254E4E

tetradic

#4E254E #4E3925 #254E25 #25394E

square

#4E254E #4E3925 #254E25 #25394E

split-complementary

#4E254E #394E25 #254E39

monochromatic

#150A15 #241124 #4E254E #783978 #A14CA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#4E254E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E254E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E254E

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E254E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E254E	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21314F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D364D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e254e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.086 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81617f',
    500: '#4e254e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e254e;
$custom-light: #81617f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e254e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33766,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E254E

secondary

#4E814E

accent

#CC5C5C

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFEAEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E254E

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

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