#4E1566#4E1566

#4E1566 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.137 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1566
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 102)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.50, 39.61, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.50, 52.99, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% 0.0945 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.137 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8079, 3.1155, 12.8632)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1566 #2D6615

analogous

#261566 #4E1566 #661556

triadic

#4E1566 #664E15 #15664E

tetradic

#4E1566 #662615 #2D6615 #155666

square

#4E1566 #662615 #2D6615 #155666

split-complementary

#4E1566 #566615 #156626

monochromatic

#130519 #270B33 #4E1566 #751F99 #9C2ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#4E1566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E1566 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1566

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1566	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C273D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.137 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835992',
    500: '#4e1566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1566;
$custom-light: #835992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33234,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1566

secondary

#579D3A

accent

#E93F71

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1566

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

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