#4E2A55#4E2A55

#4E2A55 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.084 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A55
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 85)
HSL	hsl(290, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 50.6%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 24.65, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 31.30, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0655 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.084 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6093, 3.9317, 9.0560)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A55 #31552A

analogous

#392A55 #4E2A55 #552A46

triadic

#4E2A55 #554E2A #2A554E

tetradic

#4E2A55 #55392A #31552A #2A4655

square

#4E2A55 #55392A #31552A #2A4655

split-complementary

#4E2A55 #46552A #2A5539

monochromatic

#130A14 #28162C #4E2A55 #743E7E #9952A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4E2A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A55

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A55	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)

#243556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.084 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816585',
    500: '#4e2a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a55;
$custom-light: #816585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.233,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35018,
    "c": 0.08443,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A55

secondary

#5C8753

accent

#CA5E6F

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A55

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