#4E2560#4E2560

#4E2560 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.107 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2560
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 96)
HSL	hsl(282, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 30.22, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 40.74, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0747 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.107 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9144, 3.7875, 11.4836)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2560 #376025

analogous

#302560 #4E2560 #602554

triadic

#4E2560 #604E25 #25604E

tetradic

#4E2560 #603025 #376025 #255460

square

#4E2560 #603025 #376025 #255460

split-complementary

#4E2560 #546025 #256030

monochromatic

#120916 #2A1434 #4E2560 #72368C #9647B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4E2560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E2560 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2560

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2560	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24385F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.107 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81628d',
    500: '#4e2560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2560;
$custom-light: #81628d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.695,
    "s": 44.361,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34866,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2560

secondary

#63934D

accent

#D4547B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2560

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

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