#4E2C57#4E2C57

#4E2C57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.083 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C57
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 87)
HSL	hsl(287, 33%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 49%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 49.4%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 23.88, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 30.96, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0626 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.083 319)
XYZ	xyz(5.7626, 4.1094, 9.5046)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C57 #35572C

analogous

#382C57 #4E2C57 #572C4A

triadic

#4E2C57 #574E2C #2C574E

tetradic

#4E2C57 #57382C #35572C #2C4A57

square

#4E2C57 #57382C #35572C #2C4A57

split-complementary

#4E2C57 #4A572C #2C5738

monochromatic

#120A14 #2A172E #4E2C57 #724180 #9755A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4E2C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2C57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C57

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C57	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#253759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F3A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E323D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.083 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816686',
    500: '#4e2c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c57;
$custom-light: #816686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.442,
    "s": 32.824,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35489,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.04109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C57

secondary

#618956

accent

#C95F75

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C57

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

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