#4E275A#4E275A

#4E275A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.096 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E275A
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 90)
HSL	hsl(286, 40%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 57%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 56.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 27.62, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 36.11, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.0712 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.096 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7126, 3.8091, 10.1052)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E275A #335A27

analogous

#34275A #4E275A #5A274C

triadic

#4E275A #5A4E27 #275A4E

tetradic

#4E275A #5A3427 #335A27 #274C5A

square

#4E275A #5A3427 #335A27 #274C5A

split-complementary

#4E275A #4C5A27 #275A34

monochromatic

#130915 #29142F #4E275A #733A85 #984CAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#4E275A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E275A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E275A

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E275A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E275A	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D345C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e275a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.096 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816389',
    500: '#4e275a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e275a;
$custom-light: #816389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e275a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34802,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E275A

secondary

#5E8D50

accent

#CF5874

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E275A

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

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