#4E285B#4E285B

#4E285B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.096 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E285B
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 39%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 56%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 56%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 27.26, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 35.98, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0697 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.096 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7887, 3.8928, 10.3420)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E285B #355B28

analogous

#34285B #4E285B #5B284E

triadic

#4E285B #5B4E28 #285B4E

tetradic

#4E285B #5B3428 #355B28 #284E5B

square

#4E285B #5B3428 #355B28 #284E5B

split-complementary

#4E285B #4E5B28 #285B34

monochromatic

#120915 #2A1530 #4E285B #723B86 #974DB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#4E285B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E285B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E285B

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E285B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E285B	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D355D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29395A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e285b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.096 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816489',
    500: '#4e285b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e285b;
$custom-light: #816489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e285b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.706,
    "s": 38.931,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3503,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E285B

secondary

#618E51

accent

#CF5977

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E285B

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

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