#4E285A#4E285A

#4E285A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.094 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E285A
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 90)
HSL	hsl(286, 38%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 56%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 55.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 27.03, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 35.42, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0696 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.094 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7459, 3.8757, 10.1163)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E285A #345A28

analogous

#35285A #4E285A #5A284D

triadic

#4E285A #5A4E28 #285A4E

tetradic

#4E285A #5A3528 #345A28 #284D5A

square

#4E285A #5A3528 #345A28 #284D5A

split-complementary

#4E285A #4D5A28 #285A35

monochromatic

#120915 #291530 #4E285A #733B84 #974EAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4E285A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E285A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E285A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E285A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E285A	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)

#1E355C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e285a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.094 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816389',
    500: '#4e285a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e285a;
$custom-light: #816389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e285a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34969,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E285A

secondary

#5F8D51

accent

#CE5975

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E285A

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

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