#4E1459#4E1459

#4E1459 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.125 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1459
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(290, 78%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 77.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.40, 37.17, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.40, 46.76, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(32.15% 0.0972 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(32.15% 0.125 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1950, 2.8416, 9.7241)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1459 #1F5914

analogous

#2C1459 #4E1459 #591442

triadic

#4E1459 #594E14 #14594E

tetradic

#4E1459 #592C14 #1F5914 #144259

square

#4E1459 #592C14 #1F5914 #144259

split-complementary

#4E1459 #425914 #14592C

monochromatic

#160619 #220927 #4E1459 #7A1F8B #A62ABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#4E1459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E1459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1459

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1459	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.125 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825888',
    500: '#4e1459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1459;
$custom-light: #825888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.435,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32146,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1459

secondary

#469138

accent

#E6415C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1459

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

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