#4E255A#4E255A

#4E255A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.100 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E255A
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 90)
HSL	hsl(286, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 58.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 28.79, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 37.46, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0743 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.1 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6487, 3.6812, 10.0839)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E255A #315A25

analogous

#34255A #4E255A #5A254C

triadic

#4E255A #5A4E25 #255A4E

tetradic

#4E255A #5A3425 #315A25 #254C5A

square

#4E255A #5A3425 #315A25 #254C5A

split-complementary

#4E255A #4C5A25 #255A34

monochromatic

#130916 #28132F #4E255A #743785 #9949B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#4E255A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E255A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E255A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E255A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E255A	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A335C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e255a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.100 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816289',
    500: '#4e255a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e255a;
$custom-light: #816289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e255a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.415,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34477,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E255A

secondary

#5C8D4D

accent

#D25672

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E255A

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

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