#4E1661#4E1661

#4E1661 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.131 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1661
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 97)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 77.3%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.27, 38.06, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.27, 49.91, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(32.95% 0.0942 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(32.95% 0.131 316)
XYZ	xyz(5.5861, 3.0568, 11.6027)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1661 #296116

analogous

#281661 #4E1661 #61164E

triadic

#4E1661 #614E16 #16614E

tetradic

#4E1661 #612816 #296116 #164E61

square

#4E1661 #612816 #296116 #164E61

split-complementary

#4E1661 #4E6116 #166128

monochromatic

#140619 #260B2F #4E1661 #762193 #9E2DC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03

#4E1661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E1661 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1661

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1661	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15325F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.131 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83598e',
    500: '#4e1661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1661;
$custom-light: #83598e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.8,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3295,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.03057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1661

secondary

#52983B

accent

#E6426B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1661

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

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