#4E2D55#4E2D55

#4E2D55 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.078 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D55
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 85)
HSL	hsl(290, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 47.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 22.79, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 29.14, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0605 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.078 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7198, 4.1526, 9.0928)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D55 #34552D

analogous

#3A2D55 #4E2D55 #552D48

triadic

#4E2D55 #554E2D #2D554E

tetradic

#4E2D55 #553A2D #34552D #2D4855

square

#4E2D55 #553A2D #34552D #2D4855

split-complementary

#4E2D55 #48552D #2D553A

monochromatic

#120B14 #29182D #4E2D55 #73427D #9757A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E2D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D55

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D55	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)

#273756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F323D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.078 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806785',
    500: '#4e2d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d55;
$custom-light: #806785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35559,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D55

secondary

#5F8757

accent

#C76173

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D55

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

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