#4E1556#4E1556

#4E1556 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.121 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1556
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 86)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 75.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.34, 36.12, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.34, 44.77, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(32.04% 0.0962 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(32.04% 0.121 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0896, 2.8282, 9.0801)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1556 #1D5615

analogous

#2D1556 #4E1556 #56153D

triadic

#4E1556 #564E15 #15564E

tetradic

#4E1556 #562D15 #1D5615 #153D56

square

#4E1556 #562D15 #1D5615 #153D56

split-complementary

#4E1556 #3D5615 #15562D

monochromatic

#160619 #210925 #4E1556 #7B2187 #A72DB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#4E1556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E1556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1556

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1556	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.121 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825886',
    500: '#4e1556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1556;
$custom-light: #825886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3204,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1556

secondary

#448E39

accent

#E44458

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1556

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

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