#4E1059#4E1059

#4E1059 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.130 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1059
RGB	rgb(78, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(291, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(291, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.85, 38.74, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.85, 48.54, 322.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.76% 0.1014 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(31.76% 0.13 321)
XYZ	xyz(5.1301, 2.7118, 9.7025)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1059 #1B5910

analogous

#291059 #4E1059 #59103F

triadic

#4E1059 #594E10 #10594E

tetradic

#4E1059 #592910 #1B5910 #103F59

square

#4E1059 #592910 #1B5910 #103F59

split-complementary

#4E1059 #3F5910 #105929

monochromatic

#17051A #210725 #4E1059 #7B198D #A923C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#4E1059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4E1059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1059

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1059	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.130 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825688',
    500: '#4e1059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1059;
$custom-light: #825688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.959,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31757,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.02712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1059

secondary

#419233

accent

#EC3B56

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1059

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

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