#4E284D#4E284D

#4E284D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.079 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E284D
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 77)
HSL	hsl(302, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(302, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.56, 24.09, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.56, 28.55, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(34.23% 0.0672 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(34.23% 0.079 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2401, 3.6734, 7.4528)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E284D #284E29

analogous

#3C284E #4E284D #4E283A

triadic

#4E284D #4D4E28 #284D4E

tetradic

#4E284D #4E3C28 #284E29 #283A4E

square

#4E284D #4E3C28 #284E29 #283A4E

split-complementary

#4E284D #3A4E28 #284E3C

monochromatic

#140A14 #261325 #4E284D #763D75 #9F519D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#4E284D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E284D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E284D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E284D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E284D	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25334E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30384C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e284d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.079 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81637f',
    500: '#4e284d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e284d;
$custom-light: #81637f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e284d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.579,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34226,
    "c": 0.07919,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E284D

secondary

#518152

accent

#C8625F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E284D

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

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