#4E2857#4E2857

#4E2857 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.091 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2857
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 87)
HSL	hsl(289, 37%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 54%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 54%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 26.32, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 33.79, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0692 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.091 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6208, 3.8256, 9.4573)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2857 #315728

analogous

#372857 #4E2857 #572848

triadic

#4E2857 #574E28 #28574E

tetradic

#4E2857 #573728 #315728 #284857

square

#4E2857 #573728 #315728 #284857

split-complementary

#4E2857 #485728 #285737

monochromatic

#130A15 #28152D #4E2857 #743B81 #994FAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#4E2857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E2857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2857

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2857	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.091 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816386',
    500: '#4e2857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2857;
$custom-light: #816386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34788,
    "c": 0.09069,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2857

secondary

#5C8A51

accent

#CD5B71

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2857

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

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