#4E115E#4E115E

#4E115E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.134 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E115E
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 94)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(288, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 81.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.35, 39.42, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.35, 50.64, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.22% 0.0998 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(32.22% 0.134 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3624, 2.8290, 10.8511)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E115E #215E11

analogous

#28115E #4E115E #5E1148

triadic

#4E115E #5E4E11 #115E4E

tetradic

#4E115E #5E2811 #215E11 #11485E

square

#4E115E #5E2811 #215E11 #11485E

split-complementary

#4E115E #485E11 #115E28

monochromatic

#16051A #23082A #4E115E #791A92 #A424C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#4E115E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E115E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E115E

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E115E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E115E	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e115e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.134 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83578c',
    500: '#4e115e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e115e;
$custom-light: #83578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e115e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.532,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32224,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E115E

secondary

#499734

accent

#EC3C60

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E115E

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

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