#4E274F#4E274F

#4E274F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.083 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E274F
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 79)
HSL	hsl(299, 34%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(299, 51%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 25.13, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 30.27, 326.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.0694 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.083 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2786, 3.6355, 7.8193)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E274F #284F27

analogous

#3A274F #4E274F #4F273C

triadic

#4E274F #4F4E27 #274F4E

tetradic

#4E274F #4F3A27 #284F27 #273C4F

square

#4E274F #4F3A27 #284F27 #273C4F

split-complementary

#4E274F #3C4F27 #274F3A

monochromatic

#140A14 #261326 #4E274F #763B78 #9F4FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#4E274F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E274F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E274F

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E274F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E274F	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#233250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E374E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e274f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.083 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816380',
    500: '#4e274f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e274f;
$custom-light: #816380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e274f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.5,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3416,
    "c": 0.08339,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E274F

secondary

#518250

accent

#CA5E61

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEEAEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E274F

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

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