#4E145E#4E145E

#4E145E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.130 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E145E
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 94)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 78.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.75, 38.24, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.75, 49.31, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(32.51% 0.0967 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(32.51% 0.13 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4121, 2.9284, 10.8677)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E145E #245E14

analogous

#29145E #4E145E #5E1449

triadic

#4E145E #5E4E14 #145E4E

tetradic

#4E145E #5E2914 #245E14 #14495E

square

#4E145E #5E2914 #245E14 #14495E

split-complementary

#4E145E #495E14 #145E29

monochromatic

#150519 #24092C #4E145E #781F90 #A229C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#4E145E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E145E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E145E

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E145E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E145E	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17325C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e145e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.130 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82588c',
    500: '#4e145e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e145e;
$custom-light: #82588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e145e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.027,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32514,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E145E

secondary

#4C9638

accent

#E84064

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E145E

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

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