#4E2E55#4E2E55

#4E2E55 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.076 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E55
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 85)
HSL	hsl(289, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 45.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 22.17, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 28.41, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0588 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.076 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7584, 4.2298, 9.1057)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E55 #35552E

analogous

#3A2E55 #4E2E55 #552E48

triadic

#4E2E55 #554E2E #2E554E

tetradic

#4E2E55 #553A2E #35552E #2E4855

square

#4E2E55 #553A2E #35552E #2E4855

split-complementary

#4E2E55 #48552E #2E553A

monochromatic

#120B14 #2A192D #4E2E55 #72437D #9759A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4E2E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E55

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E55	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#293856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F333D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.076 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806785',
    500: '#4e2e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e55;
$custom-light: #806785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.231,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35744,
    "c": 0.07648,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E55

secondary

#618758

accent

#C66274

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E55

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

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