#4E2552#4E2552

#4E2552 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.091 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2552
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 82)
HSL	hsl(295, 38%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(295, 55%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 54.9%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 26.97, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 33.19, 324.35°)
OKLab	oklab(33.99% 0.0732 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(33.99% 0.091 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3263, 3.5523, 8.3861)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2552 #295225

analogous

#372552 #4E2552 #52253F

triadic

#4E2552 #524E25 #25524E

tetradic

#4E2552 #523725 #295225 #253F52

square

#4E2552 #523725 #295225 #253F52

split-complementary

#4E2552 #3F5225 #255237

monochromatic

#140A15 #261228 #4E2552 #76387C #9E4BA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4E2552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E2552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2552

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2552	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F3254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.091 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816183',
    500: '#4e2552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2552;
$custom-light: #816183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33993,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2552

secondary

#52854D

accent

#CE5A64

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2552

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

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