#4E295E#4E295E

#4E295E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.097 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E295E
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 94)
HSL	hsl(282, 39%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 56%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 56.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 27.39, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 36.95, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0685 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.097 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9549, 4.0139, 11.0486)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E295E #395E29

analogous

#34295E #4E295E #5E2954

triadic

#4E295E #5E4E29 #295E4E

tetradic

#4E295E #5E3429 #395E29 #29545E

square

#4E295E #5E3429 #395E29 #29545E

split-complementary

#4E295E #545E29 #295E34

monochromatic

#120915 #2B1633 #4E295E #713C89 #944FB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4E295E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E295E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E295E

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E295E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E295E	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28395D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D313F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e295e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.097 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81648c',
    500: '#4e295e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e295e;
$custom-light: #81648c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e295e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.887,
    "s": 39.259,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35385,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E295E

secondary

#659152

accent

#CF597C

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E295E

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

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