#4E1769#4E1769

#4E1769 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.138 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1769
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 105)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 39.45, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 53.62, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.68% 0.0919 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(33.68% 0.138 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9976, 3.2526, 13.6737)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1769 #326917

analogous

#251769 #4E1769 #69175B

triadic

#4E1769 #694E17 #17694E

tetradic

#4E1769 #692517 #326917 #175B69

square

#4E1769 #692517 #326917 #175B69

split-complementary

#4E1769 #5B6917 #176925

monochromatic

#130519 #290C37 #4E1769 #73229B #992DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4E1769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E1769 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1769

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1769	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.138 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a94',
    500: '#4e1769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1769;
$custom-light: #835a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.244,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33681,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1769

secondary

#5D9F3D

accent

#E74178

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1769

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

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