#4E1255#4E1255

#4E1255 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.124 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1255
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 85)
HSL	hsl(294, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(294, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 78.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.84, 37.16, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.84, 45.69, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(31.66% 0.0996 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(31.66% 0.124 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9977, 2.7085, 8.8521)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1255 #195512

analogous

#2C1255 #4E1255 #55123B

triadic

#4E1255 #554E12 #12554E

tetradic

#4E1255 #552C12 #195512 #123B55

square

#4E1255 #552C12 #195512 #123B55

split-complementary

#4E1255 #3B5512 #12552C

monochromatic

#170519 #200722 #4E1255 #7C1D88 #AB27BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#4E1255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4E1255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1255

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1255	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)

#002957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.124 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825785',
    500: '#4e1255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1255;
$custom-light: #825785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.731,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31657,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1255

secondary

#3E8E35

accent

#E84051

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1255

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

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