#4E2A60#4E2A60

#4E2A60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.098 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A60
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 96)
HSL	hsl(280, 39%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 56%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 56.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 27.28, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 37.39, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0671 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.098 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0808, 4.1203, 11.5390)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A60 #3C602A

analogous

#332A60 #4E2A60 #602A57

triadic

#4E2A60 #604E2A #2A604E

tetradic

#4E2A60 #60332A #3C602A #2A5760

square

#4E2A60 #60332A #3C602A #2A5760

split-complementary

#4E2A60 #57602A #2A6033

monochromatic

#110915 #2B1735 #4E2A60 #713D8B #9251B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4E2A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A60

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A60	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.098 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81658d',
    500: '#4e2a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a60;
$custom-light: #81658d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35681,
    "c": 0.098,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A60

secondary

#689253

accent

#CF5980

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A60

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

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