#4E274E#4E274E

#4E274E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.082 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E274E
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 24.91, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 29.76, 326.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0692 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.082 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2425, 3.6211, 7.6290)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E274E #274E27

analogous

#3A274E #4E274E #4E273A

triadic

#4E274E #4E4E27 #274E4E

tetradic

#4E274E #4E3A27 #274E27 #273A4E

square

#4E274E #4E3A27 #274E27 #273A4E

split-complementary

#4E274E #3A4E27 #274E3A

monochromatic

#140A14 #251325 #4E274E #773B77 #A050A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4E274E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E274E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E274E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E274E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E274E	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24324F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F374D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e274e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.082 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81637f',
    500: '#4e274e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e274e;
$custom-light: #81637f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e274e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34105,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E274E

secondary

#508150

accent

#C95E5E

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEEAEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E274E

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

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