#4E2956#4E2956

#4E2956 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.088 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2956
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 86)
HSL	hsl(289, 35%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 52%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 52.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 25.49, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 32.55, 321.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.0674 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.088 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6143, 3.8777, 9.2550)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2956 #315629

analogous

#372956 #4E2956 #562948

triadic

#4E2956 #564E29 #29564E

tetradic

#4E2956 #563729 #315629 #294856

square

#4E2956 #563729 #315629 #294856

split-complementary

#4E2956 #485629 #295637

monochromatic

#130A15 #28152D #4E2956 #743D7F #9951A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4E2956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E2956 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2956

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2956	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)

#223558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.088 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816486',
    500: '#4e2956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2956;
$custom-light: #816486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.333,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34901,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2956

secondary

#5C8952

accent

#CB5C70

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2956

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

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