#4E295F#4E295F

#4E295F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.099 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E295F
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 95)
HSL	hsl(281, 40%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 57%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 56.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 27.63, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 37.51, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0686 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.099 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0000, 4.0320, 11.2864)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E295F #3A5F29

analogous

#33295F #4E295F #5F2955

triadic

#4E295F #5F4E29 #295F4E

tetradic

#4E295F #5F3329 #3A5F29 #29555F

square

#4E295F #5F3329 #3A5F29 #29555F

split-complementary

#4E295F #555F29 #295F33

monochromatic

#120915 #2B1734 #4E295F #713B8A #944FB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#4E295F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E295F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E295F

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E295F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E295F	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D323F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e295f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.099 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81648d',
    500: '#4e295f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e295f;
$custom-light: #81648d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e295f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.111,
    "s": 39.706,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35449,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E295F

secondary

#669252

accent

#D0587E

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E295F

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

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