#4E1761#4E1761

#4E1761 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.130 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1761
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 97)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 76.3%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 37.63, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 49.42, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.0931 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.13 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6056, 3.0958, 11.6092)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1761 #2A6117

analogous

#291761 #4E1761 #61174F

triadic

#4E1761 #614E17 #17614E

tetradic

#4E1761 #612917 #2A6117 #174F61

square

#4E1761 #612917 #2A6117 #174F61

split-complementary

#4E1761 #4F6117 #176129

monochromatic

#140619 #260B30 #4E1761 #762392 #9E2EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#4E1761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E1761 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1761

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1761	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16335F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.130 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8e',
    500: '#4e1761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1761;
$custom-light: #825a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.595,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33059,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1761

secondary

#54983C

accent

#E5436D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1761

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

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