#4E2B5A#4E2B5A

#4E2B5A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.089 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B5A
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 90)
HSL	hsl(285, 35%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 52%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 52.2%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 25.21, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 33.33, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0648 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.089 317)
XYZ	xyz(5.8510, 4.0858, 10.1513)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B5A #375A2B

analogous

#362B5A #4E2B5A #5A2B4E

triadic

#4E2B5A #5A4E2B #2B5A4E

tetradic

#4E2B5A #5A362B #375A2B #2B4E5A

square

#4E2B5A #5A362B #375A2B #2B4E5A

split-complementary

#4E2B5A #4E5A2B #2B5A36

monochromatic

#120A15 #2A1731 #4E2B5A #723F83 #9653AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4E2B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B5A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B5A	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)

#22375C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.089 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816589',
    500: '#4e2b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b5a;
$custom-light: #816589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.681,
    "s": 35.338,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35485,
    "c": 0.08862,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.04086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B5A

secondary

#638C55

accent

#CB5C79

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B5A

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

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