Plum Purple#4E0550

#4E0550 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.133 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Plum Purple — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#4E0550
RGB	rgb(78, 5, 80)
HSL	hsl(298, 88%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(298, 94%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 93.7%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.03, 40.44, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.03, 48.12, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(30.26% 0.1118 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(30.26% 0.133 327)
XYZ	xyz(4.6440, 2.3078, 7.7887)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0550 #075005

analogous

#290550 #4E0550 #50052D

triadic

#4E0550 #504E05 #05504E

tetradic

#4E0550 #502905 #075005 #052D50

square

#4E0550 #502905 #075005 #052D50

split-complementary

#4E0550 #2D5005 #055029

monochromatic

#1C021D #1C021D #4E0550 #86098A #BE0CC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#4E0550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E0550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0550

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0550	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 5, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.133 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835281',
    500: '#4e0550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0550;
$custom-light: #835281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.4,
    "s": 88.235,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30262,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.02307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0550

secondary

#258F22

accent

#FE292F

background

#F8F4F7

surface

#EFE8EE

border

#CAC4C9

text

#0B030A

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0550

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

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