#4E1569#4E1569

#4E1569 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.140 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1569
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 105)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 80%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 40.29, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 54.56, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% 0.0939 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.14 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9594, 3.1761, 13.6610)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1569 #306915

analogous

#241569 #4E1569 #69155A

triadic

#4E1569 #694E15 #15694E

tetradic

#4E1569 #692415 #306915 #155A69

square

#4E1569 #692415 #306915 #155A69

split-complementary

#4E1569 #5A6915 #156924

monochromatic

#13051A #280B36 #4E1569 #741F9C #9A29CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#4E1569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1569

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1569	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.140 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835994',
    500: '#4e1569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1569;
$custom-light: #835994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33474,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1569

secondary

#5BA03A

accent

#EA3E75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1569

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

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