#4E2B5E#4E2B5E

#4E2B5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.094 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B5E
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 94)
HSL	hsl(281, 37%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 54%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 54.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 26.18, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 35.57, 317.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.0653 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.094 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0258, 4.1558, 11.0722)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B5E #3B5E2B

analogous

#352B5E #4E2B5E #5E2B55

triadic

#4E2B5E #5E4E2B #2B5E4E

tetradic

#4E2B5E #5E352B #3B5E2B #2B555E

square

#4E2B5E #5E352B #3B5E2B #2B555E

split-complementary

#4E2B5E #555E2B #2B5E35

monochromatic

#110A15 #2B1834 #4E2B5E #713E88 #9353B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E2B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B5E

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B5E	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.094 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81668c',
    500: '#4e2b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b5e;
$custom-light: #81668c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 37.226,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35727,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B5E

secondary

#679055

accent

#CD5B7F

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B5E

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

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