#4E1156#4E1156

#4E1156 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.126 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1156
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 86)
HSL	hsl(293, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(293, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 80.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.77, 37.75, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.77, 46.63, 324.07°)
OKLab	oklab(31.63% 0.1006 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(31.63% 0.126 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0219, 2.6928, 9.0575)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1156 #195611

analogous

#2B1156 #4E1156 #56113C

triadic

#4E1156 #564E11 #11564E

tetradic

#4E1156 #562B11 #195611 #113C56

square

#4E1156 #562B11 #195611 #113C56

split-complementary

#4E1156 #3C5611 #11562B

monochromatic

#17051A #200723 #4E1156 #7C1B89 #AB25BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#4E1156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4E1156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1156

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1156	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.126 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825786',
    500: '#4e1156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1156;
$custom-light: #825786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.043,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31631,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1156

secondary

#3E8F34

accent

#EA3E52

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1156

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

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