#4E295A#4E295A

#4E295A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.092 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E295A
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 90)
HSL	hsl(285, 37%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 54%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 54.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 26.43, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 34.73, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.068 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.092 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7800, 3.9440, 10.1277)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E295A #355A29

analogous

#35295A #4E295A #5A294D

triadic

#4E295A #5A4E29 #295A4E

tetradic

#4E295A #5A3529 #355A29 #294D5A

square

#4E295A #5A3529 #355A29 #294D5A

split-complementary

#4E295A #4D5A29 #295A35

monochromatic

#120A15 #2A1630 #4E295A #723C84 #974FAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4E295A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E295A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E295A

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E295A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E295A	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F365C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e295a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.092 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816489',
    500: '#4e295a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e295a;
$custom-light: #816489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e295a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.306,
    "s": 37.405,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35138,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E295A

secondary

#618D52

accent

#CD5A77

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E295A

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

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