#4E1261#4E1261

#4E1261 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.136 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1261
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 97)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 81.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.70, 39.69, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.70, 51.74, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(32.55% 0.0983 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(32.55% 0.136 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5155, 2.9156, 11.5792)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.01

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1261 #256112

analogous

#271261 #4E1261 #61124C

triadic

#4E1261 #614E12 #12614E

tetradic

#4E1261 #612712 #256112 #124C61

square

#4E1261 #612712 #256112 #124C61

split-complementary

#4E1261 #4C6112 #126127

monochromatic

#15051A #24082D #4E1261 #781C95 #A125C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#4E1261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E1261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1261

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1261	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12315F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.136 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83588e',
    500: '#4e1261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1261;
$custom-light: #83588e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.57,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32548,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1261

secondary

#4E9936

accent

#EC3C66

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1261

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

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