#4E1857#4E1857

#4E1857 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.118 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1857
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 87)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.89, 34.98, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.89, 43.73, 323.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.45% 0.0925 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(32.45% 0.118 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1886, 2.9614, 9.3133)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1857 #215718

analogous

#2F1857 #4E1857 #571841

triadic

#4E1857 #574E18 #18574E

tetradic

#4E1857 #572F18 #215718 #184157

square

#4E1857 #572F18 #215718 #184157

split-complementary

#4E1857 #415718 #18572F

monochromatic

#160718 #230B27 #4E1857 #792587 #A432B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#4E1857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E1857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1857

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1857	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.118 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a87',
    500: '#4e1857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1857;
$custom-light: #825a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32453,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1857

secondary

#498E3D

accent

#E0485E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1857

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

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