#4E1751#4E1751

#4E1751 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.114 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1751
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 81)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.34, 34.20, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.34, 41.26, 325.98°)
OKLab	oklab(31.93% 0.0938 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(31.93% 0.114 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9334, 2.8269, 8.0688)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1751 #1A5117

analogous

#311751 #4E1751 #511737

triadic

#4E1751 #514E17 #17514E

tetradic

#4E1751 #513117 #1A5117 #173751

square

#4E1751 #513117 #1A5117 #173751

split-complementary

#4E1751 #375117 #175131

monochromatic

#170718 #200921 #4E1751 #7C2581 #AA32B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#4E1751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E1751 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1751

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1751	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23314F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.114 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825982',
    500: '#4e1751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1751;
$custom-light: #825982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.897,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31932,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1751

secondary

#40883C

accent

#DF4950

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1751

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

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