#4E1659#4E1659

#4E1659 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.123 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1659
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.70, 36.32, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.70, 45.79, 322.48°)
OKLab	oklab(32.36% 0.0949 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(32.36% 0.123 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2318, 2.9151, 9.7363)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1659 #215916

analogous

#2D1659 #4E1659 #591643

triadic

#4E1659 #594E16 #16594E

tetradic

#4E1659 #592D16 #215916 #164359

square

#4E1659 #592D16 #215916 #164359

split-complementary

#4E1659 #435916 #16592D

monochromatic

#160619 #230A28 #4E1659 #79228A #A42EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#4E1659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E1659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1659

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1659	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.123 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825988',
    500: '#4e1659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1659;
$custom-light: #825988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.149,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32362,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1659

secondary

#49903B

accent

#E4445E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1659

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

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