#4E2C5B#4E2C5B

#4E2C5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.088 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C5B
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 91)
HSL	hsl(283, 35%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 52%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 51.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 24.84, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 33.18, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0633 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.088 316)
XYZ	xyz(5.9306, 4.1766, 10.3893)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C5B #395B2C

analogous

#372C5B #4E2C5B #5B2C51

triadic

#4E2C5B #5B4E2C #2C5B4E

tetradic

#4E2C5B #5B372C #395B2C #2C515B

square

#4E2C5B #5B372C #395B2C #2C515B

split-complementary

#4E2C5B #515B2C #2C5B37

monochromatic

#120A15 #2B1832 #4E2C5B #714084 #9455AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4E2C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2C5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C5B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C5B	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23385D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D333F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.088 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816689',
    500: '#4e2c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c5b;
$custom-light: #816689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 34.815,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35721,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.04176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C5B

secondary

#658D56

accent

#CB5D7B

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C5B

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

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