#4E2A5E#4E2A5E

#4E2A5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.095 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A5E
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 94)
HSL	hsl(282, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(282, 55%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 55.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 26.79, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 36.27, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0669 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.095 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9899, 4.0839, 11.0603)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A5E #3A5E2A

analogous

#342A5E #4E2A5E #5E2A54

triadic

#4E2A5E #5E4E2A #2A5E4E

tetradic

#4E2A5E #5E342A #3A5E2A #2A545E

square

#4E2A5E #5E342A #3A5E2A #2A545E

split-complementary

#4E2A5E #545E2A #2A5E34

monochromatic

#120915 #2B1734 #4E2A5E #713D88 #9451B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4E2A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A5E

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A5E	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D323F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.095 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81658c',
    500: '#4e2a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a5e;
$custom-light: #81658c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35555,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A5E

secondary

#669053

accent

#CE5A7D

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A5E

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

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