#4E2558#4E2558

#4E2558 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.097 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2558
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 88)
HSL	hsl(288, 41%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 58%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 28.33, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 36.37, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0741 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.097 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5647, 3.6476, 9.6416)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2558 #2F5825

analogous

#352558 #4E2558 #582549

triadic

#4E2558 #584E25 #25584E

tetradic

#4E2558 #583525 #2F5825 #254958

square

#4E2558 #583525 #2F5825 #254958

split-complementary

#4E2558 #495825 #255835

monochromatic

#130916 #28132D #4E2558 #743783 #9A49AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4E2558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2558 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2558

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2558	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B335A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.097 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816287',
    500: '#4e2558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2558;
$custom-light: #816287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.235,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34352,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2558

secondary

#5A8B4D

accent

#D1576F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2558

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

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