#4E274B#4E274B

#4E274B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.079 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E274B
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 75)
HSL	hsl(305, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(305, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 24.27, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 28.27, 329.15°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.0685 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.079 330)
XYZ	xyz(5.1373, 3.5790, 7.0755)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E274B #274E2A

analogous

#3D274E #4E274B #4E2737

triadic

#4E274B #4B4E27 #274B4E

tetradic

#4E274B #4E3D27 #274E2A #27374E

square

#4E274B #4E3D27 #274E2A #27374E

split-complementary

#4E274B #374E27 #274E3D

monochromatic

#140A14 #251324 #4E274B #773B72 #A05099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4E274B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E274B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E274B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E274B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E274B	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25324C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30374A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512A35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e274b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.079 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81627d',
    500: '#4e274b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e274b;
$custom-light: #81627d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e274b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33945,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.03579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E274B

secondary

#508154

accent

#C9675E

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEEAEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A0509

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E274B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →