#4E2E59#4E2E59

#4E2E59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.082 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E59
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 89)
HSL	hsl(285, 32%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 48%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 48.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 23.11, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 30.63, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0597 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.082 317)
XYZ	xyz(5.9218, 4.2951, 9.9664)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E59 #39592E

analogous

#392E59 #4E2E59 #592E4F

triadic

#4E2E59 #594E2E #2E594E

tetradic

#4E2E59 #59392E #39592E #2E4F59

square

#4E2E59 #59392E #39592E #2E4F59

split-complementary

#4E2E59 #4F592E #2E5939

monochromatic

#120A14 #2B1931 #4E2E59 #714381 #9458A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4E2E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E59

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E59	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27385B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F3B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E343F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.082 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806888',
    500: '#4e2e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e59;
$custom-light: #806888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.651,
    "s": 31.852,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35967,
    "c": 0.08152,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.04295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E59

secondary

#658B58

accent

#C8607A

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBEF

border

#C9C6CA

text

#0A060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E59

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

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