#4E1859#4E1859

#4E1859 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.120 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1859
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 73%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.02, 35.41, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.02, 44.76, 322.30°)
OKLab	oklab(32.59% 0.0925 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(32.59% 0.12 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2715, 2.9945, 9.7496)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1859 #235918

analogous

#2E1859 #4E1859 #591844

triadic

#4E1859 #594E18 #18594E

tetradic

#4E1859 #592E18 #235918 #184459

square

#4E1859 #592E18 #235918 #184459

split-complementary

#4E1859 #445918 #18592E

monochromatic

#150618 #240B29 #4E1859 #782589 #A232B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#4E1859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E1859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1859

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1859	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.120 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a88',
    500: '#4e1859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1859;
$custom-light: #825a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.846,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32592,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1859

secondary

#4B903D

accent

#E14761

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1859

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

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