#4E275E#4E275E

#4E275E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.101 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E275E
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 94)
HSL	hsl(283, 41%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 59%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 58.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 28.58, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 38.31, 318.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.05% 0.0716 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(35.05% 0.101 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8875, 3.8791, 11.0261)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E275E #375E27

analogous

#32275E #4E275E #5E2752

triadic

#4E275E #5E4E27 #275E4E

tetradic

#4E275E #5E3227 #375E27 #27525E

square

#4E275E #5E3227 #375E27 #27525E

split-complementary

#4E275E #525E27 #275E32

monochromatic

#120916 #2A1533 #4E275E #723989 #964BB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4E275E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E275E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E275E

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E275E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E275E	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27395D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D303E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e275e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.101 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81638c',
    500: '#4e275e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e275e;
$custom-light: #81638c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e275e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.545,
    "s": 41.353,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35054,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E275E

secondary

#639150

accent

#D1577A

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E275E

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

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