#4E265F#4E265F

#4E265F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.104 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E265F
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 95)
HSL	hsl(282, 43%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 60%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 29.40, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 39.53, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.0732 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.104 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9002, 3.8323, 11.2532)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E265F #375F26

analogous

#31265F #4E265F #5F2653

triadic

#4E265F #5F4E26 #265F4E

tetradic

#4E265F #5F3126 #375F26 #26535F

square

#4E265F #5F3126 #375F26 #26535F

split-complementary

#4E265F #535F26 #265F31

monochromatic

#120916 #2A1533 #4E265F #72378B #9649B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#4E265F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E265F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E265F

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E265F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E265F	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25385E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e265f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.104 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81628d',
    500: '#4e265f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e265f;
$custom-light: #81628d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e265f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.105,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34958,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E265F

secondary

#63924F

accent

#D3557B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E265F

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

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