#4E2E50#4E2E50

#4E2E50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.070 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E50
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(296, 27%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(296, 43%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 42.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 21.02, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 25.73, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.0576 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.07 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5667, 4.1531, 8.0963)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E50 #30502E

analogous

#3D2E50 #4E2E50 #502E41

triadic

#4E2E50 #504E2E #2E504E

tetradic

#4E2E50 #503D2E #30502E #2E4150

square

#4E2E50 #503D2E #30502E #2E4150

split-complementary

#4E2E50 #41502E #2E503D

monochromatic

#130B13 #281829 #4E2E50 #744477 #9A5B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E2E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E50

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E50	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)

#2B3751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50313B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.070 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806781',
    500: '#4e2e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e50;
$custom-light: #806781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 26.984,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35479,
    "c": 0.0704,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E50

secondary

#5B8158

accent

#C3646A

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E50

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

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