#4E145F#4E145F

#4E145F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.131 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E145F
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 95)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.83, 38.46, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.83, 49.82, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.59% 0.0966 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(32.59% 0.131 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4573, 2.9465, 11.1055)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E145F #255F14

analogous

#29145F #4E145F #5F144A

triadic

#4E145F #5F4E14 #145F4E

tetradic

#4E145F #5F2914 #255F14 #144A5F

square

#4E145F #5F2914 #255F14 #144A5F

split-complementary

#4E145F #4A5F14 #145F29

monochromatic

#150519 #24092C #4E145F #781F92 #A129C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.21

#4E145F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E145F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E145F

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E145F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E145F	1.00	13.21	1.59	13.21
#FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16325D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e145f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.131 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83588d',
    500: '#4e145f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e145f;
$custom-light: #83588d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e145f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32589,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E145F

secondary

#4E9738

accent

#E84066

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E145F

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

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