#4E0E55#4E0E55

#4E0E55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.129 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0E55
RGB	rgb(78, 14, 85)
HSL	hsl(294, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(294, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.32, 38.64, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.32, 47.37, 324.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.29% 0.1037 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(31.29% 0.129 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9385, 2.5900, 8.8324)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0E55 #15550E

analogous

#2B0E55 #4E0E55 #550E39

triadic

#4E0E55 #554E0E #0E554E

tetradic

#4E0E55 #552B0E #15550E #0E3955

square

#4E0E55 #552B0E #15550E #0E3955

split-complementary

#4E0E55 #39550E #0E552B

monochromatic

#18041A #1E0520 #4E0E55 #7E178A #AE1FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#4E0E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4E0E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0E55

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0E55	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 14, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.129 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825585',
    500: '#4e0e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0e55;
$custom-light: #825585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.085,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3129,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0E55

secondary

#398F30

accent

#EE394B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0E55

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

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