#4E2959#4E2959

#4E2959 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.091 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2959
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 89)
HSL	hsl(286, 37%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 54%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 53.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 26.19, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 34.18, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0678 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.091 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7377, 3.9270, 9.9050)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2959 #345929

analogous

#362959 #4E2959 #59294C

triadic

#4E2959 #594E29 #29594E

tetradic

#4E2959 #593629 #345929 #294C59

square

#4E2959 #593629 #345929 #294C59

split-complementary

#4E2959 #4C5929 #295936

monochromatic

#120A15 #29162F #4E2959 #733C83 #9750AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4E2959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2959

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2959	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20355B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.091 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816488',
    500: '#4e2959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2959;
$custom-light: #816488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 36.923,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35078,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2959

secondary

#5F8C52

accent

#CD5B75

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2959

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

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