#4E1561#4E1561

#4E1561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.132 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1561
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.12, 38.49, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.12, 50.39, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% 0.0953 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.132 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5674, 3.0193, 11.5965)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1561 #286115

analogous

#281561 #4E1561 #61154E

triadic

#4E1561 #614E15 #15614E

tetradic

#4E1561 #612815 #286115 #154E61

square

#4E1561 #612815 #286115 #154E61

split-complementary

#4E1561 #4E6115 #156128

monochromatic

#140519 #260A2F #4E1561 #762093 #9F2BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#4E1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1561

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1561	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14325F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.132 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83598e',
    500: '#4e1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1561;
$custom-light: #83598e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32844,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1561

secondary

#51983A

accent

#E7406A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1561

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

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