#4E2D59#4E2D59

#4E2D59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.083 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D59
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 89)
HSL	hsl(285, 33%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 49%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 49.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 23.74, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 31.35, 319.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0613 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.083 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8832, 4.2179, 9.9535)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D59 #38592D

analogous

#382D59 #4E2D59 #592D4E

triadic

#4E2D59 #594E2D #2D594E

tetradic

#4E2D59 #59382D #38592D #2D4E59

square

#4E2D59 #59382D #38592D #2D4E59

split-complementary

#4E2D59 #4E592D #2D5938

monochromatic

#120A14 #2A1830 #4E2D59 #724282 #9557AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4E2D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D59

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D59	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25385B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.083 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816788',
    500: '#4e2d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d59;
$custom-light: #816788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 32.836,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35784,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D59

secondary

#648B57

accent

#C95F79

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D59

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