#4E285F#4E285F

#4E285F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.100 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E285F
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 95)
HSL	hsl(281, 41%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 57.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 28.23, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 38.19, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.0701 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.1 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9659, 3.9637, 11.2751)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.72

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E285F #395F28

analogous

#33285F #4E285F #5F2855

triadic

#4E285F #5F4E28 #285F4E

tetradic

#4E285F #5F3328 #395F28 #28555F

square

#4E285F #5F3328 #395F28 #28555F

split-complementary

#4E285F #555F28 #285F33

monochromatic

#120916 #2B1634 #4E285F #713A8A #944DB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4E285F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E285F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E285F

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E285F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E285F	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27395E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D313F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e285f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.100 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81648d',
    500: '#4e285f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e285f;
$custom-light: #81648d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e285f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35282,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E285F

secondary

#659251

accent

#D1577D

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E285F

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

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