#4E1565#4E1565

#4E1565 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.136 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1565
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 101)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 39.38, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 52.47, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.16% 0.0947 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(33.16% 0.136 314)
XYZ	xyz(5.7586, 3.0958, 12.6036)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1565 #2C6515

analogous

#261565 #4E1565 #651554

triadic

#4E1565 #654E15 #15654E

tetradic

#4E1565 #652615 #2C6515 #155465

square

#4E1565 #652615 #2C6515 #155465

split-complementary

#4E1565 #546515 #156526

monochromatic

#140519 #270A32 #4E1565 #752098 #9C2ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#4E1565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E1565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1565

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1565	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C273C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.136 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835991',
    500: '#4e1565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1565;
$custom-light: #835991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.75,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33155,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.03096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1565

secondary

#569C3A

accent

#E93F70

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1565

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

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