#4E295B#4E295B

#4E295B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.094 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E295B
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 91)
HSL	hsl(284, 38%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 55%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 54.9%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 26.67, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 35.29, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0681 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.094 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8229, 3.9611, 10.3533)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E295B #365B29

analogous

#35295B #4E295B #5B294F

triadic

#4E295B #5B4E29 #295B4E

tetradic

#4E295B #5B3529 #365B29 #294F5B

square

#4E295B #5B3529 #365B29 #294F5B

split-complementary

#4E295B #4F5B29 #295B35

monochromatic

#120A15 #2A1631 #4E295B #723C85 #964FAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4E295B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E295B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E295B

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E295B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E295B	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F365D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A395A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E303E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e295b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.094 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816489',
    500: '#4e295b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e295b;
$custom-light: #816489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e295b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.4,
    "s": 37.879,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35199,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E295B

secondary

#628E52

accent

#CE5A78

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E295B

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

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