#4E284E#4E284E

#4E284E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.080 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E284E
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 24.30, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 29.06, 326.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0675 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.08 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2757, 3.6876, 7.6401)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E284E #284E28

analogous

#3B284E #4E284E #4E283B

triadic

#4E284E #4E4E28 #284E4E

tetradic

#4E284E #4E3B28 #284E28 #283B4E

square

#4E284E #4E3B28 #284E28 #283B4E

split-complementary

#4E284E #3B4E28 #284E3B

monochromatic

#140A14 #261326 #4E284E #763D76 #9F519F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4E284E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E284E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E284E

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E284E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E284E	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25334F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F384D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e284e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.080 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81637f',
    500: '#4e284e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e284e;
$custom-light: #81637f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e284e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34279,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E284E

secondary

#518151

accent

#C85F5F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E284E

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