#4E2557#4E2557

#4E2557 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.096 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2557
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 87)
HSL	hsl(289, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 57%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 57.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 28.10, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 35.84, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.074 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.096 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5235, 3.6312, 9.4249)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2557 #2E5725

analogous

#352557 #4E2557 #572547

triadic

#4E2557 #574E25 #25574E

tetradic

#4E2557 #573525 #2E5725 #254757

square

#4E2557 #573525 #2E5725 #254757

split-complementary

#4E2557 #475725 #255735

monochromatic

#130915 #28132C #4E2557 #743782 #9B4AAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4E2557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2557

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2557	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.096 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816186',
    500: '#4e2557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2557;
$custom-light: #816186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34291,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2557

secondary

#588A4D

accent

#D0586D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2557

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

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