#4E254F#4E254F

#4E254F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.087 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E254F
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 79)
HSL	hsl(299, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 26.32, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 31.65, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.0727 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.087 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2146, 3.5076, 7.7980)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E254F #264F25

analogous

#39254F #4E254F #4F253B

triadic

#4E254F #4F4E25 #254F4E

tetradic

#4E254F #4F3925 #264F25 #253B4F

square

#4E254F #4F3925 #264F25 #253B4F

split-complementary

#4E254F #3B4F25 #254F39

monochromatic

#150A15 #251125 #4E254F #773979 #A04CA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4E254F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E254F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E254F

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E254F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E254F	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#213150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D364E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e254f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.087 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816180',
    500: '#4e254f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e254f;
$custom-light: #816180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e254f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.571,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33822,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E254F

secondary

#4F824E

accent

#CC5C5E

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFEAEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E254F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →