#4E255E#4E255E

#4E255E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.105 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E255E
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(283, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 60.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 29.74, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 39.64, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0746 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.105 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8235, 3.7512, 11.0048)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E255E #355E25

analogous

#31255E #4E255E #5E2551

triadic

#4E255E #5E4E25 #255E4E

tetradic

#4E255E #5E3125 #355E25 #25515E

square

#4E255E #5E3125 #355E25 #25515E

split-complementary

#4E255E #515E25 #255E31

monochromatic

#120916 #2A1432 #4E255E #72368A #9748B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#4E255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E255E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E255E	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25385D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.105 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81628c',
    500: '#4e255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e255e;
$custom-light: #81628c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.158,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34734,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E255E

secondary

#61914D

accent

#D35578

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E255E

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

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