#4E274A#4E274A

#4E274A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.078 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E274A
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 74)
HSL	hsl(306, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(306, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 24.06, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 27.79, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.0682 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.078 331)
XYZ	xyz(5.1034, 3.5654, 6.8966)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E274A #274E2B

analogous

#3E274E #4E274A #4E2736

triadic

#4E274A #4A4E27 #274A4E

tetradic

#4E274A #4E3E27 #274E2B #27364E

square

#4E274A #4E3E27 #274E2B #27364E

split-complementary

#4E274A #364E27 #274E3E

monochromatic

#140A13 #251323 #4E274A #773B71 #A05097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#4E274A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E274A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E274A

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E274A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E274A	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25324B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512A35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e274a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.078 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81627c',
    500: '#4e274a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e274a;
$custom-light: #81627c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e274a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.154,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33893,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.03565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E274A

secondary

#508155

accent

#C9695E

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEEAEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A0509

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E274A

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

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