#4E2A56#4E2A56

#4E2A56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.086 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A56
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 86)
HSL	hsl(289, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 51%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 51.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 24.88, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 31.84, 321.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0657 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.086 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6494, 3.9477, 9.2667)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A56 #32562A

analogous

#382A56 #4E2A56 #562A48

triadic

#4E2A56 #564E2A #2A564E

tetradic

#4E2A56 #56382A #32562A #2A4856

square

#4E2A56 #56382A #32562A #2A4856

split-complementary

#4E2A56 #48562A #2A5638

monochromatic

#130A15 #29162D #4E2A56 #733E7F #9952A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4E2A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A56

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A56	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#233558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.086 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816586',
    500: '#4e2a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a56;
$custom-light: #816586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 34.375,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35076,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A56

secondary

#5D8853

accent

#CA5D71

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A56

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