#4E2C59#4E2C59

#4E2C59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.085 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C59
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 89)
HSL	hsl(285, 34%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 51%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 50.6%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 24.36, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 32.07, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.063 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.085 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8455, 4.1425, 9.9409)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C59 #37592C

analogous

#372C59 #4E2C59 #592C4D

triadic

#4E2C59 #594E2C #2C594E

tetradic

#4E2C59 #59372C #37592C #2C4D59

square

#4E2C59 #59372C #37592C #2C4D59

split-complementary

#4E2C59 #4D592C #2C5937

monochromatic

#120A14 #2A1830 #4E2C59 #724082 #9655AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4E2C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C59

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C59	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24375B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.085 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816688',
    500: '#4e2c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c59;
$custom-light: #816688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.333,
    "s": 33.835,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35604,
    "c": 0.08543,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C59

secondary

#638B56

accent

#CA5E78

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C59

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