#4E274C#4E274C

#4E274C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.080 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E274C
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 76)
HSL	hsl(303, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(303, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 2.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 24.48, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 28.76, 328.34°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0687 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.08 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1718, 3.5928, 7.2571)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E274C #274E29

analogous

#3C274E #4E274C #4E2738

triadic

#4E274C #4C4E27 #274C4E

tetradic

#4E274C #4E3C27 #274E29 #27384E

square

#4E274C #4E3C27 #274E29 #27384E

split-complementary

#4E274C #384E27 #274E3C

monochromatic

#140A14 #251324 #4E274C #773B74 #A0509C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4E274C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E274C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E274C

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E274C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E274C	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25324D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F374B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e274c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.080 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81637e',
    500: '#4e274c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e274c;
$custom-light: #81637e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e274c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.077,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33998,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E274C

secondary

#508153

accent

#C9645E

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEEAEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E274C

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

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