#4E2656#4E2656

#4E2656 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.093 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2656
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 86)
HSL	hsl(290, 39%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(290, 56%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 55.8%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 27.28, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 34.63, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0722 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.093 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5145, 3.6780, 9.2217)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2656 #2E5626

analogous

#362656 #4E2656 #562646

triadic

#4E2656 #564E26 #26564E

tetradic

#4E2656 #563626 #2E5626 #264656

square

#4E2656 #563626 #2E5626 #264656

split-complementary

#4E2656 #465626 #265636

monochromatic

#130915 #28132C #4E2656 #743980 #9B4CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#4E2656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E2656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2656

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2656	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)

#1E3358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.093 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816286',
    500: '#4e2656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2656;
$custom-light: #816286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34394,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2656

secondary

#58894F

accent

#CF596D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2656

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

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