#4E2D5B#4E2D5B

#4E2D5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.086 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D5B
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 91)
HSL	hsl(283, 34%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(283, 51%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 50.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 24.22, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 32.47, 318.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.0617 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.086 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9683, 4.2520, 10.4018)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D5B #3A5B2D

analogous

#372D5B #4E2D5B #5B2D51

triadic

#4E2D5B #5B4E2D #2D5B4E

tetradic

#4E2D5B #5B372D #3A5B2D #2D515B

square

#4E2D5B #5B372D #3A5B2D #2D515B

split-complementary

#4E2D5B #515B2D #2D5B37

monochromatic

#120A14 #2B1932 #4E2D5B #714184 #9457AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4E2D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D5B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D5B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24385D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D343F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.086 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816789',
    500: '#4e2d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d5b;
$custom-light: #816789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.043,
    "s": 33.824,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35901,
    "c": 0.08602,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D5B

secondary

#668D57

accent

#CA5E7C

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D5B

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

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