#4E2B56#4E2B56

#4E2B56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.084 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B56
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 86)
HSL	hsl(289, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 50%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 50%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 24.27, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 31.13, 321.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0641 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.084 320)
XYZ	xyz(5.6853, 4.0195, 9.2787)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B56 #33562B

analogous

#382B56 #4E2B56 #562B48

triadic

#4E2B56 #564E2B #2B564E

tetradic

#4E2B56 #56382B #33562B #2B4856

square

#4E2B56 #56382B #33562B #2B4856

split-complementary

#4E2B56 #48562B #2B5638

monochromatic

#130A14 #29172D #4E2B56 #733F7F #9854A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4E2B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B56

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B56	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#243657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.084 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816586',
    500: '#4e2b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b56;
$custom-light: #816586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.837,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35253,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.04019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B56

secondary

#5E8855

accent

#C95E72

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B56

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