#4E274D#4E274D

#4E274D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.081 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E274D
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 77)
HSL	hsl(302, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(302, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.33, 24.70, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.33, 29.26, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0689 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.081 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2069, 3.6068, 7.4417)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E274D #274E28

analogous

#3B274E #4E274D #4E2739

triadic

#4E274D #4D4E27 #274D4E

tetradic

#4E274D #4E3B27 #274E28 #27394E

square

#4E274D #4E3B27 #274E28 #27394E

split-complementary

#4E274D #394E27 #274E3B

monochromatic

#140A14 #251325 #4E274D #773B75 #A0509E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4E274D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E274D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E274D

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E274D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E274D	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24324E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F374C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e274d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.081 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81637f',
    500: '#4e274d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e274d;
$custom-light: #81637f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e274d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.538,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34051,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E274D

secondary

#508151

accent

#C9615E

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEEAEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E274D

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

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