#4E1553#4E1553

#4E1553 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.118 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1553
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 83)
HSL	hsl(295, 60%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(295, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 74.7%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.14, 35.50, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.14, 43.27, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(31.83% 0.0963 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(31.83% 0.118 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9713, 2.7809, 8.4569)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1553 #1A5315

analogous

#2F1553 #4E1553 #531539

triadic

#4E1553 #534E15 #15534E

tetradic

#4E1553 #532F15 #1A5315 #153953

square

#4E1553 #532F15 #1A5315 #153953

split-complementary

#4E1553 #395315 #15532F

monochromatic

#170618 #200922 #4E1553 #7C2184 #AA2EB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#4E1553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E1553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1553

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1553	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.118 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825884',
    500: '#4e1553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1553;
$custom-light: #825884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.161,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31834,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1553

secondary

#408B39

accent

#E34552

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1553

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

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