#4E265E#4E265E

#4E265E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.103 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E265E
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 94)
HSL	hsl(283, 42%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 59.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 29.16, -25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 38.98, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0731 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.103 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8551, 3.8143, 11.0153)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E265E #365E26

analogous

#32265E #4E265E #5E2652

triadic

#4E265E #5E4E26 #265E4E

tetradic

#4E265E #5E3226 #365E26 #26525E

square

#4E265E #5E3226 #365E26 #26525E

split-complementary

#4E265E #525E26 #265E32

monochromatic

#120916 #2A1432 #4E265E #72388A #9649B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#4E265E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E265E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E265E

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E265E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E265E	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e265e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.103 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81628c',
    500: '#4e265e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e265e;
$custom-light: #81628c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e265e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34893,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E265E

secondary

#62914F

accent

#D25679

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E265E

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

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