#4E255D#4E255D

#4E255D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.103 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E255D
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 93)
HSL	hsl(284, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 60.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 29.50, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 39.09, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0745 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.103 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7789, 3.7333, 10.7700)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.28

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E255D #345D25

analogous

#32255D #4E255D #5D2550

triadic

#4E255D #5D4E25 #255D4E

tetradic

#4E255D #5D3225 #345D25 #25505D

square

#4E255D #5D3225 #345D25 #25505D

split-complementary

#4E255D #505D25 #255D32

monochromatic

#120916 #291431 #4E255D #733689 #9748B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4E255D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E255D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E255D

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E255D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E255D	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17345F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e255d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.103 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81628b',
    500: '#4e255d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e255d;
$custom-light: #81628b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e255d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.929,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34669,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E255D

secondary

#5F904D

accent

#D35577

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E255D

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

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