#4E2B59#4E2B59

#4E2B59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.087 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B59
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 89)
HSL	hsl(286, 35%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 52%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 51.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 24.97, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 32.78, 319.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0646 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.087 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8087, 4.0689, 9.9287)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B59 #36592B

analogous

#372B59 #4E2B59 #592B4D

triadic

#4E2B59 #594E2B #2B594E

tetradic

#4E2B59 #59372B #36592B #2B4D59

square

#4E2B59 #59372B #36592B #2B4D59

split-complementary

#4E2B59 #4D592B #2B5937

monochromatic

#120A15 #2A1730 #4E2B59 #723F82 #9653AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#4E2B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B59

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B59	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23375B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E313E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.087 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816588',
    500: '#4e2b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b59;
$custom-light: #816588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.652,
    "s": 34.848,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35426,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B59

secondary

#628B55

accent

#CB5D77

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B59

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