#4E2E57#4E2E57

#4E2E57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.079 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E57
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 87)
HSL	hsl(287, 31%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 47%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 47.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 22.64, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 29.51, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0592 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.079 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8389, 4.2620, 9.5300)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E57 #37572E

analogous

#392E57 #4E2E57 #572E4B

triadic

#4E2E57 #574E2E #2E574E

tetradic

#4E2E57 #57392E #37572E #2E4B57

square

#4E2E57 #57392E #37572E #2E4B57

split-complementary

#4E2E57 #4B572E #2E5739

monochromatic

#120B14 #2A192F #4E2E57 #72437F #9658A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4E2E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E57

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E57	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.079 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806786',
    500: '#4e2e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e57;
$custom-light: #806786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.829,
    "s": 30.827,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35855,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E57

secondary

#638958

accent

#C76177

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E57

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