#4E2659#4E2659

#4E2659 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.097 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2659
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 89)
HSL	hsl(287, 40%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 57.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 27.98, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 36.24, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(34.58% 0.0726 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(34.58% 0.097 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6379, 3.7274, 9.8717)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2659 #315926

analogous

#352659 #4E2659 #59264A

triadic

#4E2659 #594E26 #26594E

tetradic

#4E2659 #593526 #315926 #264A59

square

#4E2659 #593526 #315926 #264A59

split-complementary

#4E2659 #4A5926 #265935

monochromatic

#130915 #28142E #4E2659 #743884 #994BAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#4E2659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E2659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2659

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2659	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C345B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.097 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816288',
    500: '#4e2659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2659;
$custom-light: #816288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.059,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34576,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2659

secondary

#5C8C4F

accent

#D05872

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2659

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

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