#4E1759#4E1759

#4E1759 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.121 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1759
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.86, 35.87, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.86, 45.28, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(32.48% 0.0937 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(32.48% 0.121 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2512, 2.9540, 9.7428)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1759 #225917

analogous

#2D1759 #4E1759 #591743

triadic

#4E1759 #594E17 #17594E

tetradic

#4E1759 #592D17 #225917 #174359

square

#4E1759 #592D17 #225917 #174359

split-complementary

#4E1759 #435917 #17592D

monochromatic

#150618 #230A28 #4E1759 #79248A #A330BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#4E1759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E1759 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1759

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1759	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.121 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a88',
    500: '#4e1759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1759;
$custom-light: #825a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32475,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1759

secondary

#4A903C

accent

#E24660

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1759

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

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