#4E2A58#4E2A58

#4E2A58 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.088 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A58
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 88)
HSL	hsl(287, 35%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 52%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 52.3%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 25.35, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 32.93, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.19% 0.0661 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(35.19% 0.088 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7311, 3.9804, 9.6970)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A58 #34582A

analogous

#372A58 #4E2A58 #582A4B

triadic

#4E2A58 #584E2A #2A584E

tetradic

#4E2A58 #58372A #34582A #2A4B58

square

#4E2A58 #58372A #34582A #2A4B58

split-complementary

#4E2A58 #4B582A #2A5837

monochromatic

#120A15 #29162F #4E2A58 #733E81 #9752AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4E2A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A58

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A58	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22365A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.088 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816587',
    500: '#4e2a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a58;
$custom-light: #816587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 35.385,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35192,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A58

secondary

#5F8A53

accent

#CB5C75

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A58

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