#4E1557#4E1557

#4E1557 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.122 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1557
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 87)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(292, 76%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.41, 36.33, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.41, 45.27, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(32.11% 0.0962 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(32.11% 0.122 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1302, 2.8444, 9.2938)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1557 #1E5715

analogous

#2D1557 #4E1557 #57153F

triadic

#4E1557 #574E15 #15574E

tetradic

#4E1557 #572D15 #1E5715 #153F57

square

#4E1557 #572D15 #1E5715 #153F57

split-complementary

#4E1557 #3F5715 #15572D

monochromatic

#160619 #220926 #4E1557 #7A2188 #A62DBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#4E1557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E1557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1557

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1557	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)

#002B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.122 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825887',
    500: '#4e1557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1557;
$custom-light: #825887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3211,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1557

secondary

#458F39

accent

#E44459

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1557

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

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