#4E1851#4E1851

#4E1851 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.112 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1851
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 81)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.50, 33.73, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.50, 40.72, 325.92°)
OKLab	oklab(32.05% 0.0925 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(32.05% 0.112 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9536, 2.8674, 8.0755)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1851 #1B5118

analogous

#311851 #4E1851 #511837

triadic

#4E1851 #514E18 #18514E

tetradic

#4E1851 #513118 #1B5118 #183751

square

#4E1851 #513118 #1B5118 #183751

split-complementary

#4E1851 #375118 #185131

monochromatic

#170718 #210A22 #4E1851 #7B2680 #A934AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#4E1851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E1851 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1851

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1851	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E2B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.112 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a82',
    500: '#4e1851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1851;
$custom-light: #825a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32053,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1851

secondary

#41883D

accent

#DE4A52

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1851

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

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