#4E1559#4E1559

#4E1559 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.124 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1559
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(290, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.55, 36.75, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.55, 46.28, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(32.25% 0.0961 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(32.25% 0.124 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2130, 2.8776, 9.7301)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1559 #205915

analogous

#2C1559 #4E1559 #591542

triadic

#4E1559 #594E15 #15594E

tetradic

#4E1559 #592C15 #205915 #154259

square

#4E1559 #592C15 #205915 #154259

split-complementary

#4E1559 #425915 #15592C

monochromatic

#160619 #230927 #4E1559 #79218B #A52CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#4E1559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E1559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1559

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1559	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.124 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825988',
    500: '#4e1559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1559;
$custom-light: #825988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.294,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32252,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1559

secondary

#479139

accent

#E5435D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1559

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

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