#4E2E56#4E2E56

#4E2E56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.078 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E56
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 86)
HSL	hsl(288, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 47%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 46.5%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 22.40, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 28.96, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% 0.059 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.078 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7984, 4.2458, 9.3164)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E56 #36562E

analogous

#3A2E56 #4E2E56 #562E4A

triadic

#4E2E56 #564E2E #2E564E

tetradic

#4E2E56 #563A2E #36562E #2E4A56

square

#4E2E56 #563A2E #36562E #2E4A56

split-complementary

#4E2E56 #4A562E #2E563A

monochromatic

#120B14 #2A192E #4E2E56 #72437E #9659A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E2E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E56

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E56	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.078 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806786',
    500: '#4e2e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e56;
$custom-light: #806786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 30.303,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35799,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E56

secondary

#628858

accent

#C76176

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E56

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