#4E2950#4E2950

#4E2950 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.081 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2950
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 80)
HSL	hsl(297, 32%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(297, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 48.8%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 24.13, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 29.37, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.0662 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.081 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3827, 3.7850, 8.0349)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2950 #2B5029

analogous

#3A2950 #4E2950 #50293E

triadic

#4E2950 #504E29 #29504E

tetradic

#4E2950 #503A29 #2B5029 #293E50

square

#4E2950 #503A29 #2B5029 #293E50

split-complementary

#4E2950 #3E5029 #29503A

monochromatic

#140A14 #271428 #4E2950 #753E78 #9D52A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4E2950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E2950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2950

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2950	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#253451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F384F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.081 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816481',
    500: '#4e2950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2950;
$custom-light: #816481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.923,
    "s": 32.231,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34563,
    "c": 0.08055,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2950

secondary

#558252

accent

#C85F65

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A050A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2950

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

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