#4E2D49#4E2D49

#4E2D49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.065 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D49
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 73)
HSL	hsl(309, 27%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(309, 42%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 20.13, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 22.96, 331.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0573 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.065 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2828, 3.9778, 6.7916)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D49 #2D4E32

analogous

#432D4E #4E2D49 #4E2D39

triadic

#4E2D49 #494E2D #2D494E

tetradic

#4E2D49 #4E432D #2D4E32 #2D394E

square

#4E2D49 #4E432D #2D4E32 #2D394E

split-complementary

#4E2D49 #394E2D #2D4E43

monochromatic

#130B12 #271725 #4E2D49 #75436D #9C5A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#4E2D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D49

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D49	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C354A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.065 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80677b',
    500: '#4e2d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d49;
$custom-light: #80677b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.091,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34942,
    "c": 0.0646,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D49

secondary

#57805D

accent

#C37365

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A0609

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D49

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

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