#4E2850#4E2850

#4E2850 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.083 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2850
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 80)
HSL	hsl(297, 33%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(297, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 50%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 24.74, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 30.08, 325.34°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0679 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.083 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3485, 3.7167, 8.0235)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2850 #2A5028

analogous

#3A2850 #4E2850 #50283E

triadic

#4E2850 #504E28 #28504E

tetradic

#4E2850 #503A28 #2A5028 #283E50

square

#4E2850 #503A28 #2A5028 #283E50

split-complementary

#4E2850 #3E5028 #28503A

monochromatic

#140A14 #261427 #4E2850 #763C79 #9E51A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4E2850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E2850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2850

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2850	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#243351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F384F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.083 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816381',
    500: '#4e2850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2850;
$custom-light: #816381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34388,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2850

secondary

#548351

accent

#C95E64

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2850

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

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